4 Shiv Sainiks arrested for disrupting play by Pakistani artists in Gurgaon
Shiv Sena earlier forced cancellation of ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's musical performance in Mumbai
Gurgaon: Four alleged Shiv Sena activists were arrested on Sunday for disrupting a drama staged by some Pakistani actors in Gurgaon.
Acting on a complaint by Gurgaon Municipal Corporation PRO Satbir Rohilla, Gurgaon Police registered an FIR against the four people belonging to Shiv Sena, a police spokesperson said. All the four accused — identified as Ajay, Gautam, Sumit and Jitu — have been arrested by the police, the spokesperson said.
On Sunday, around 5-6 young men claiming to be Shiv Sainiks climbed atop the stage at an open air theatre in Gurgaon, in national capital region, where a group of seven Pakistani actors were staging a play "Banjh" (infertile).
"They shouted slogans like 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Pakistan Murdabad' and disrupted the show for about 5-10 minutes," Rohilla had said. The incident comes days after the Shiv Sena forced cancellation of ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's musical performance in Mumbai as part of their campaign against personalities from the neighbouring country.
The Sena workers had also recently blackened the face of former BJP leader Sudheendra Kulkarni in Mumbai when he refused to cancel the book launch of former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri in Mumbai.