Shouting with Sonu Nigam for selfie: Singer and his friends pushed while getting off the stage, case filed against MLA's son

Posted on 21st Feb 2023 by rohit kumar

Singer Sonu Nigam was manhandled during a live concert in the Chembur area of Mumbai. The incident took place when he was taking a selfie with Sonu. The allegation has been leveled against the son of Uddhav faction MLA Prakash Phatterpekar. After the incident, Sonu reached the police station late on Monday night and lodged an FIR against the accused. There was a complaint of causing hurt and wrongful restraint. The accused has not been arrested yet.

 

first, know what happened

The incident took place during the finale of the Chembur festival. Sonu Nigam was performing. According to the complaint lodged with the police, MLA Prakash Phatterpekar's son first misbehaved with Sonu's manager Saira. Later, when Sonu Nigam was coming down from the stage, he first pushed the singer's bodyguard and then pushed Sonu as well. According to DCP Hemraj Singh Rajput, the name of the accused is Swapnil Futterpekar.

 

Sonu said – I fell down the stairs

Sonu said, 'After the concert, I was coming down from the stage when a man Swapnil caught hold of me. Then he pushed Hari and Rabbani (both Sonu Sood's accomplices) who came to save me. I fell on the stairs. I have filed a complaint so that people don't think of forcibly taking selfies and creating scuffles. Had some iron rods been lying there, Rabbani could have died. He was pushed like this. You can see in the video that I was also about to fall.

 

DCP said – we are investigating

DCP Rajput said, 'I have spoken to Sonu Nigam. Till now we have not found any such evidence to ascertain whether the accused wanted to take a selfie or there was some other reason. We are probing to find out the reason.

 

Priyanka Chaturvedi said – there was a minor scuffle, it was not an attack

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi told news agency ANI that this is not an attack. The local MLA's son was going for a selfie with Sonu Nigam after his performance but was stopped by Sonu's bodyguard as he did not recognize him. There was a minor scuffle between them on this. Due to this one or two people fell from the stage. Meanwhile, the MLA's daughter and former BMC corporator came in between and stopped them. After this, the injured were taken to the hospital.

 

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