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Ukrainian singer Uma Shanti booked for allegedly 'insulting' tricolour at Pune concert

Updated on: 15 August,2023 08:05 PM IST  |  Pune
mid-day online correspondent |

Singer Uma Shanti is a front woman in the musical band 'Shanti People' which mixes EDM (electronic dance music) with Vedic mantras

Ukrainian singer Uma Shanti booked for allegedly 'insulting' tricolour at Pune concert

Singer Uma Shanti. Pic/Instagram

Ukrainian singer Uma Shanti and one more person have been booked for allegedly disrespecting the tricolour during a concert in Maharashtra's Pune, a police official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.


The singer is a front woman in the musical band 'Shanti People' which mixes EDM (electronic dance music) with Vedic mantras, according to the PTI.


The alleged insult of the national flag took place at a musical event organised in a restaurant-cum-bar in the Mundhwa area of the Pune city on the eve of Independence Day (August 14), he said.


Singer Shanti, who was holding the tricolour and waving it while performing at the concert, suddenly flung the flag into the audience, the Mundhwa police station official said.

"She and event organiser Kartik More have been booked under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act and the Maharashtra Police Act," he said.

Another officer said the singer and the event organiser have been issued a notice, asking them to join the probe into the incident. 

(with PTI inputs)

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