Musicians attacked in Badamwari Srinagar

SRINAGAR — Entertainment turned into rucks on Sunday late afternoon after dozens of youth came and attacked the music team, who were performing in the famous Badamwari garden located in Kashmir capital Srinagar.

Eyewitnesses said that dozens of youth came and attacked the music team, adding that several musicians were thrashed. They said that the stage was vandalized while music instruments were broken.

Moreover, as per witnesses, the famous Kashmiri singer Shazia Bashir, who was performing on stage at the time of incident escaped unhurt.

Meanwhile, Srinagar police in a statement said that a group of miscreants created ruckus on the stage. “The actual cause of ruckus was that one boy among the audience demanded that the song of his choice be played, his request was not fulfilled immediately. When he took away the mic, one member of the cultural group slapped that boy. This led to the ruckus on stage,” the statement said.

“Police used maximum restraint. Any type of shelling or force would have created a stampede-like situation at the venue,” reads the statement.

Police said miscreants have been identified and FIR has been registered. “Legal action will follow,” it said.