Two held in Ballari for threatening MLA; video of incident goes viral
Ballari: Police have arrested two men for allegedly threatening B Nagendra, new MLA from Bellary Rural constituency, soon after the election results were declared on Saturday.
The police officers have said that the arrested men are Ramesh and Vishnu Venkatesh of Devinagar.
Nagendra, who is a member of the Congress, was returning home after a visit to a resident’s house at around 8 pm on Saturday, after the declaration of election results, when two men, brandishing sickles, stopped Nagendra on the way and also threatened him. Nagendra did not face problems as he was seated inside the car.
A video of the legislator being threatened by the armed miscreants has gone viral on social media.
The police officers have said that they filed a case voluntarily although neither the legislator nor his supporters had filed a police complaint regarding the threat.
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Sonu Nigam slams reports of stones being thrown on stage during concert: Nothing like that happened
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI): Singer Sonu Nigam has dismissed media reports stating that stones and hrown at the stage during his performance, saying nothing like this happened.
The 51-year-old singer performed at the Delhi Technological University's (DTU) Engifest 2025 on Sunday.
Nigam, the voice behind songs like "Kal Ho Naa Ho", "Suraj Hua Maddham," and "Soniyo", shared a post on his instagram handle on Tuesday slamming the reports.
Uploading pictures and videos from his concert, Nigam said he had to pause the event brifley after someonr threw vape on the stage but that was about it.
"Nothing like hurling of stones or bottles as mentioned in some media happened at DTU," he began the post.
"There was one vape thrown by someone on stage that hit Subhankar's chest and that's when I was informed about it. I paused the show and requested and reminded the collegians that the show will have to be abruptly stopped if something like that happened again." He joked that the only object that got on the stage was a hairband.
