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Police Complaint Filed Against Sonu Nigam: A complaint has been filed against the popular singer Sonu Nigam. He recently linked the fan’s demand to sing Kannada during the Bengaluru concert to Pahalgam’s terrorist incident …Read more
The controversy increased after Sonu Nigam’s Bagaluru concert video went viral.
Highlights
- An FIR was lodged against Sonu Nigam.
- Sonu gave a controversial statement on the demand for singing Kannada.
- The Kannada community considered Sonu’s statement derogatory.
New Delhi. Sonu Nigam’s voice is crazy. Sonu, who has given his voice to songs in many different languages, is often in the news for music concerts. Sonu Nigam, who has been in the news for a music concert held at Delhi University recently, is in the headlines these days for Bengaluru concert. In this concert, he said something that did not like the Kannada community at all and the matter reached the police. A pro -Kannada organization has filed a police complaint against him.
The organization has alleged against Sonu Nigam that the words of the famous singer have hurt the sentiments of the Kannada community and have promoted hatred. The incident took place on 25 April 2025, East Point College of Engineering and Technology located in Vargonagar, Bangalore.
Sonu got angry at the demand for singing Kannada!
Actually, Sonu Nigam was performing here. During this time, one of his fans was repeatedly asking him to sing Kannada. Sonu turned down this demand as the fan was threatening. After this, what he said raised controversy.
Kannada community considered Sonu’s statement derogatory
Sonu said, ‘This is the reason, what happened in Pahalgam…. This is the reason you are doing, which you had just done. Look, who is standing in front. The Kannada community considered this statement of the singer as derogatory. He linked the demand for singing a simple Kannada to a terrorist incident in Pahalgam, which people described as insensitive and non-essential.
What was said in the complaint
The Bengaluru district unit of Karnataka Rakshan Vedike (KRV) filed a police complaint on Friday. The organization alleged that Sonu’s statement hurt the sentiments of the Kannada community, promoted enmity among linguistic groups and created a possibility of inciting violence in the region. The complaint said, ‘This statement is not only insensitive, but also dangerous. By linking a cultural demand to the terrorist incident, Sonu Nigam showed the Kannada community intolerant, which threatened linguistic hatred and communal harmony.
