Sonu Nigam Attacked At Mumbai Concert, Colleague Injured After Massive Ruckus Over Selfie

Singer Sonu Nigam had a nasty fight in at his Chembur live performance. The musician and his crew had been allegedly manhandled on the occasion on Monday (February 20). A Video showcasing the incident has now long gone viral on social media. It indicates a person from the singer’s team being driven down the degree.

Nigam has filed a FIR in opposition to the offenders beneath IPC sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), and 337 (inflicting harm by an act endangering the lifestyles or non-public protection of others), the police told the media.

In an interview with news organisation ANI, DCP Hemraj Singh Rajput found out the singer fell down from the degree whilst he was grabbed with the aid of a man, After a short scuffle, the man driven Nigam and two men from the steps, one in all whom turned into sustained grievous injuries. The accuser has been recognized as Swapnil Phaterpekar, the son of a local MLA (related to the political party Shiv Sena) Prakash Phaterpekar.

In some other interview with ANI, the ‘Abhi Mujme Kahi’ singer recalled the incident vividly. “After the live performance, I was coming down from the stage while a person Swapnil Prakash Phaterpekar held me. Then he pushed Hari and Rabbani, who came to save me. Then I fell on the stairs. Rabbani (the injured person who followed Sonu) ought to have died these days if some iron rods had been mendacity down. He was pushed in this sort of manner, as you could see in the video. Even I was about to fall,”.He then went on to feature, that he lodged a complaint as he felt that there must be consequences for such unruly behaviour. ” I filed a grievance in order that human beings ought to reflect on consideration on forcefully taking selfies & causing scuffle,” he was quoted as saying to the news organisation.

MLA Phaterpekar first of all denied the allegations and informed the media that despite the fact that the ‘Tu Kab Ye Janegi’ singer was accosted by way of a rowdy mob and one man or woman from his group was “pushed by mistake”, Nigam turned into secure. “Nothing happened with Sonu Nigam,” he told India nowadays.

Later in a interview with instances Now, the politician admitted that he son had instigated the scuffle however he “did not do it deliberately.” He also revealed he had apologised to the ‘Tumse Milke Dekha’ singer.

At the work front, Nigam currently teamed up with ace composer Pritam to sing the name song for the Kartik Aaryan starrer ‘Shehzada’.