Lagatar24 Desk
Bengaluru, Jan 30: Singer Kailash Kher was attacked during a concert at Hampi in Karnataka on Sunday, allegedly for not singing any Kannada song.
Police said a bottle was thrown at him from the crowd as they were angry with the singer for singing only Hindi songs during the closing ceremony of the Hampi Utsav.
Karnataka| A bottle thrown at singer Kailash Kher while he was singing in a closing ceremony of Hampi Utsav at Hampi, Vijayanagar yesterday. 2 detained over the incident
The men were angry at Kher for not singing Kannada songs, say Police
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2023
The police immediately swung into action and arrested the man who threw the bottle at the singer.
Two locals, Pradeep (22) and Surah (21) were arrested and their statements have been recorded, said police.
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In the video, the singer can be seen performing when the bottle flies towards him, but misses by a whisker, and falls onto the stage behind him. Not distracted by this, the singer continues with his performance. Later, an official was seen removing the half-filled water bottle from the stage.
Notably, the three-day Hampi Utsav, which began last Friday, is an annual festival organised by the Karnataka government to commemorate the legacy of the former Vijayanagara Empire.
