Singer Sonu Nigam, Team Manhandled At Mumbai Event

Mumbai: Renowned Singer Sonu Nigam and his team members were allegedly manhandled at a music event in Mumbai’s Chembur on Monday.

A purported video going viral on social media shows a man, allegedly from Sonu’s team, being pushed down the stage.

The singer was performing at Chembur fest and after his performance, a man identified as Swapnil Phaterpekar, who allegedly is the son of a local MLA, attacked the singer for a selfie.

Following the incident, Singer Sonu Nigam reached Chembur police station and lodged a complaint, prompting police to file a case. There has been no arrest made by the police so far.

The Mumbai police have registered the case for voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint and other charges.

The police official told news agency ANI that a case has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) on the basis of singer Sonu Nigam’s complaint, the police said. The police are yet to make an arrest in the case.