Voice 9, News Desk: A police official stated on Tuesday
that Ukrainian singer Uma Shanti and another person were arrested for allegedly
insulting the tricolor during a concert in Maharashtra's Pune.
According to the PTI, the artist is the lead singer of
the musical group 'Shanti People,' which combines EDM (electronic dance music)
with Vedic mantras. The alleged disrespect to the national flag occurred on the
eve of Independence Day (August 14) during a musical event held at a
restaurant-cum-bar in Pune's Mundhwa neighborhood.
According
to a Mundhwa police station officer, singer Shanti, who was holding the
tricolor and waving it while singing at the performance, unexpectedly tossed
the flag into the audience.
"She
and event organizer Kartik More have been booked under the Prevention
of Insults to National Honour Act and the Maharashtra Police Act," he
added.
Another
officer stated that the singer and the event organizer have been served with a
notice requesting that they participate in the investigation into the incident.
