Bengaluru District Police have served a notice to Sonu Nigam to appear for investigation officer within a week. This has come after the singer lost his calm at a fan at Bengaluru concert recently.
Bengaluru District Police have served a notice to Sonu Nigam to appear in front of an investigation officer within a week. On the complaint of KRV, an FIR was registered against Sonu Nigam at the Avlahalli Police Station in Bengaluru Rural District. For the unversed, this action was taken after the actor’s video went viral on May 1, where he was seen hitting back at a Bengaluru fan for being rude to ask only to sing Kannada songs. Moreover, the singer also linked the incident with the Pahalgam terrorist attacks. The video featuring the National Award-winning playback singer went viral in no time and has been the talk to the nation ever since.
What did Sonu Nigam say?
In the viral video, Sonu Nigam is seen saying, ‘In my career, I have sung songs in many languages, but the best songs I have sung are in the Kannada language. Whenever I come to your city, I bring a lot of love. We do many shows in many places, but whenever we do a show in Karnataka, we bring a lot of respect for you. You have treated me like your family, but I don’t like that a boy from there, who is not even as big as my career, is threatening me to sing in Kannada.’
Comparing the student’s ‘irrational’ anger to the Pahalgam incident, the singer said, ‘This is the reason behind the incident in Pahalgam. Please see who is standing in front of you. I love you guys. I do a lot of shows around the world where thousands of people gather, and whenever I hear a single person shouting ‘Kannada’, I definitely sing at least one line in Kannada for them. I love and respect all of you so much. So please be kind.’
It is worth noting that apart from Hindi songs, Sonu Nigam is known for singing songs in 32 languages, which he has sung in his entire career. Apart from Hindi, these include Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, English, Assamese, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Tulu, Maithili and Manipuri languages.
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