Police register case in scuffle during singer Sonu Nigam’s concert in Mumbai’s Chembur, one booked

Singer Sonu Nigam and his team were manhandled at a music event in Mumbai’s Chembur on Monday and a video of the incident is going viral on social media. Now, according to news agency ANI, a case has been registered against a man by Mumbai Police for voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint and other charges.

A case has been registered under IPC 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.

According to ANI, DCP Hemrajsingh Rajput told reporters, ‘After live concert, Sonu Nigam was coming down from stage when a man held him. After objection he pushed Sonu Nigam and two other men with him from the steps, one of those two men sustained injuries. Accused’s name is Swapnil Phaterpekar.’

‘The injured has been identified as Rabbani,’ he added.

Following the incident, Sonu Nigam lodged a complaint at Chembur police station, prompting police to file a case. Recalling the incident, he told the reporters, ‘After the concert, I was coming down from stage when a man held me. Then he pushed Hari & Rabbani who came to save me. Then I fell on steps.’

‘Rabbani (the injured one, who accompanied Sonu) could have died today if there were some iron rods lying down. He was pushed in such a way… you could see in the video…Even I was about to fall,’ he added.

Sonu made it clear in his statement that he lodged the complaint to raise awareness among common people.

‘I filed a complaint so that people should think about the consequences when they try to get a selfie or pictures forcefully, there was a commotion, dhakka mukki, arrogance….,’ he said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi told ANI that local MLA’s son tried to reach out to Sonu Nigam after his performance for a selfie, but his body guard stopped him not knowing his identity.

‘Later there was a minor scuffle between Bodyguard and MLA’s son due to which one or two people fell from stage. Meanwhile, MLA’s daughter who is an ex-BMC corporater intervened and they were stopped. Injured were taken to hospital. So it’s not an assault,’ Chaturvedi told ANI.

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