PUNE, Jan 29: Bhangra king Daler Mehndi came, sang and conquered. But now the organisers of the show are facing the music. An unpleasant cacophony at that. For, the Bund Garden police have filed cases against five officials of Mumbai-based Percept D Mark Pvt Ltd of gross violation of license conditions while organising Mehndi's show in Pune last Sunday.Four company officials including Joe Verghese, Gaurav More, Sain Potdar and Sanjay Lal were produced before judicial magistrate (First Class) Abhinandan Patangankar on Monday. The magistrate released them on cash surety of Rs 1,000 each. The police filed non-cognisable cases against Verghese, More, Potdar, Lal and Ravi Ayyer immediately after the show was over on Sunday night. They were charged with violating conditions of license issued for the show by the police and causing public nuisance, said inspector in-charge of Bund Garden police station Prabhakar Shukla.The license for the show, held at Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School grounds on Sunday, was issued on January 22.Generators were used for the performance since the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) rejected their request to provide power supply. The electric fittings were haphazard and the power supply was disrupted several times during the show, Shukla said.The organisers had not made any arrangements to provide safe entrance and exit points. They had not left adequate parking space. Sound pollution conditions were also defied, Shukla said. The programme was permitted to go on till 11 p.m. However, the show continued till well past 11.25 p.m. He said the approach to the nearby Kailash crematorium was also blocked as scores of people blocked the road, outside the ground. Those attending a funeral procession were inconvenienced, he added. Shukla claimed that the company officials were informed about the rules before the written permission to hold the programme was handed over to them.The police had also served a notice to remind them of the regulations around 6 p.m. on Sunday, he added. Shukla said the police reminded the organisers that the show would go on only till 11 p.m. On several occasions while the programme was on. Pleas to wind up the programme and to lower the volume were ignored, Shukla said.
