3 held for playing vulgar songs as part of celebrations of consecration event

LUCKNOW: Lucknow Police on Tuesday arrested three persons allegedly involved in playing vulgar songs as part of celebration of consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, outside a temple in Narhi area of Hazratganj in Lucknow on Monday.

The action was taken after a video of a crowd dancing to the vulgar song went viral on social media.

“Three persons identified as Mohit Gupta, Kuldeep Pal, and Abhishek Gupta have been booked for playing and dancing on an obscene song at a public place. The FIR was registered on Monday evening and the arrest was done on Tuesday,” said Hazratganj SHO Vikram Singh.

The 36-second-long video received 1.3 million views and 4k likes on X.

The man wrote, “This song is played at Narhi Tiraha of Hazratganj. Just listen and decide what to do.” UP Police and DCP Central were tagged in the post.

Swinging into the action, UP police tagged Lucknow police X handle to act to which Lucknow police asked SHO Hazratganj to take any necessary action.

Police sub-inspector, Hazratganj, Alok Shukla, who made the arrest said that the three had no political affiliations. “The three owned small kiosks and sold fruits and vegetables,” he said.

Shukla said that the trio expressed innocence and rather disclosed to us that they had no ill-intention. “We were soaked in festivity and lost what was playing as the song,” Mohit Gupta told media persons after the arrest.