Sonu Nigam attacked in Mumbai after concert, singer lodges police complaint

Sonu Nigam was allegedly attacked during Chembur Festival in Mumbai on Monday evening. 49-year-old playback singer was reportedly coming down from stage after a live concert, when a man, identified as Swapnil Prakash Phaterphakar, held him. When Nigam’s associates, Rabbani and Hari tried to guard singer, accused allegedly pushed duo and y sustained injuries, police say. accused, Swapnil Prakash Phaterphakar, is said to be son of MLA Prakash Phartephakar, a member of Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena. 

A case under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt)  and 337 (causing hurt by endangering life or personal safety of ors) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered. 

Sonu Nigam arrived at Chembur Police Station to lodge a complaint following attack. “As per interaction with Sonu Nigam, incident did not seem to be intentional, it was done by a single person. volunteers n controlled situation. Only one name in FIR. It’s just a case where singer was held by accused maybe due to intention of having photo (sic),” said DCP Zone 6 Hemrajsingh Rajput. 

Sonu Nigam said, “After concert, I was coming down from stage when a man, Swapnil Prakash Phaterpekar held me. n he pushed Hari & Rabbani who came to save me. n I fell on steps. I filed a complaint so that people should think about forcefully taking selfies & causing scuffle.” 

A video, said to be of incident, is going viral on social media. 

video shows people pushing each or as one person falls down from a flight of stairs. 

incident involving Sonu Nigam surfaced only days after anor video going viral showed Ranbir Kapoor being taken by surprise when a fan jumped at him and hugged him from behind breaching his security. actor was at a promotional event for his next film Tu Jhooti Main Makkar. 

Sonu Nigam, National Award winning playback singer, recently me helines after he said Laal Singh Chda, film that saw Nigam work with music director Pritam after years, was plagued by negativity. He furr said songs from film could have become as popular as songs from 2003 film Kal Ho Na Ho.