Four Shiv Sena members arrested for disrupting Pakistani play

Activists of the Hindu hardliner group had disrupted a stage drama by Pakistani actors in Gurgaon on Saturday

Indian police arrested on Sunday four Shiv Sena activists for disrupting a play being staged by Pakistani actors in Gurgaon, India.

The arrests came in the wake of a complaint registered by Gurgaon Municipal Corporation PRO Satbir Rohilla. An FIR was lodged against four people of Shiv Sena, an Indian police spokesperson said.

Police confirmed the arrest of four accused who have been identified as Ajay, Gautam, Sumit and Jitu.



On Saturday, about five to six Shiva Sena members disrupted a stage drama named ‘Banjh’ (meaning infertile) being played by Pakistani actors in Gurgaon.

"They shouted slogans like 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and disrupted the show for about five to 10 minutes," Rohilla had said.

This incident came days after Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali’s musical performance was forced cancelled in Mumbai as Shiv Sena continued its campaign against personalities coming to India from Pakistan.



Shiv Sena members also had blackened the face of former BJP leader Sudheendra Kulkrani in Mumbai when he organised a book-launch ceremony of former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

The article originally appeared on Times of India