JALANDHAR, India - Divit Auluck, the 18-year-old son of Speed Records owner Dinesh Auluck and a nephew of rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, was killed early Sunday, November 1, when the car he was travelling in struck a parked municipal trolley on a flyover near Police Lines in Jalandhar. His friend Aarav Talwar, 19, also died in the crash.
The deaths have drawn an outpouring of grief across the Punjabi music world, including in Surrey, where Speed Records’ catalogue is woven into daily life and where Divit’s brother returned from Canada in time for the funeral on Tuesday, November 3.
What happened on the flyover
Five young men were returning from a birthday party at about 3 a.m. when their Volkswagen Jetta hit a Municipal Corporation tractor-trolley parked on the flyover, according to The Tribune’s reporting of the police account. Divit and Aarav, seated on the side that took the main impact, died at the spot. The three other occupants, Raghav Punchi, 18, Pushkar Sharda, 18, and Kavya, suffered minor injuries. Pushkar is the son of ward 78 councillor Deepak Sharda, and Aarav was the son of the owner of Pappi Sweets, a well-known Jalandhar business. Both boys’ families live in the city’s Seth Hukam Chand Colony.
Baradari police station house officer Sahil Chowdhary said the car was being driven at high speed. Some early reports suggested the car had been racing two other vehicles, a Skoda and a Thar, driven by friends. Chowdhary said police had received no reports of racing, and noted the car had stopped at a traffic light shortly before the crash. Police are also examining whether the trolley was parked irresponsibly and whether it carried reflectors. Neither family has pressed charges.
A phone alert reached the family first
Divit’s iPhone crash detection feature was active, with his mother’s number saved as the emergency contact, and the alert reached the family immediately after the collision, ANI reported. The feature, built into recent iPhones and some other phones, detects a severe crash and automatically alerts emergency services and the owner’s emergency contacts if the user does not respond. It is a setting many parents do not know exists, and it can be switched on in a phone’s emergency settings.
“It’s a dark decade for me”
Honey Singh, Dinesh Auluck’s brother-in-law, cut short engagements in Dubai and reached Jalandhar on Monday, November 2. In an Instagram story he wrote, “It’s a dark decade for me. The loss of my nephew is devastating,” tagging Divit’s father. He stood with the family through the last rites on Tuesday.
Divit’s final rites were held at the Model Town cremation ground in Jalandhar, with his father performing them. Singers Gippy Grewal, Babbu Maan, Jazzy B, Amrit Maan and Satinder Sartaaj were among those who shouldered the mortal remains, ANI reported. Actor and comedian Gurpreet Ghuggi, who attended, used the moment to speak about road safety, asking, “How long will there be bloodshed on the roads?” Aarav Talwar was cremated on Sunday, November 1.
The family’s Antim Ardas and Bhog ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Bath Castle on GT Road in Jalandhar, the Speed Records family announced.
Why this loss lands in Surrey
Speed Records, based in Punjab, is one of the biggest labels in Punjabi music, with 7.5 million followers on Instagram alone. The Tribune credits Dinesh Auluck with launching or elevating the careers of Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Aujla, Sherry Mann and Satinder Sartaaj, among many others. Those are the artists whose songs anchor Surrey weddings, fill Lower Mainland arenas and play in Newton and Fleetwood cafes every day. Dinesh Auluck also owns the streaming service Chaupal and Pitara TV, watched in Punjabi homes across British Columbia.
For Surrey’s Punjabi community, the Auluck family’s loss is not distant celebrity news. Divit’s brother came home from Canada for the funeral, a journey many Surrey families know from their own bereavements, and condolences have flowed from artists who perform here regularly. The crash itself, a late-night collision involving young men and a parked vehicle on a flyover, has also renewed a road safety conversation that resonates in Surrey, where residents have repeatedly raised concerns about speeding late at night.
Source: Speed Records family, Antim Ardas and Bhog announcement; reporting by The Tribune and ANI.
