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Ramayan In Noida Ends With A Twist As Pub Owners Booked For Hurting Religious Sentiments. Here's The Scoop
Ramayan: Cases with the issue of hurting religious sentiments have increased in the country significantly. Doordarshan's iconic show Ramayan is everybody's favourite and depicts the nation's culture. In one incident, a popular restro bar in Noida played a dubbed version of Ramayana, showing the conversation between Lord Rama and Ravana from Ramayana.
A leaked video from the bar shows young people dancing to the beats of the DJ while the show plays on a large screen. The incident occurred in Garden Galleria, and the club is reportedly called Lord of the Drinks, according to some reports. The video has been doing the rounds on the internet.
CASE AGAINST THE PUB OWNER
Meanwhile, the owner and manager of the pub in Noida Mall were taken into custody on April 10 over a music video that featured images from the popular Ramanand Sagar's mythological serial Ramayan. The police said that DJ played a spoof of Scene Kya Hai-a Ravan mashup feat. Nucleya and Divine' on the screen.
Several characters from the 1987 show were clipped in the video while the beats of the song were played along with the scenes. The FIR was registered under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) of the Indian Penal Code.
As per reports, pub owners Pooja Choudhary and her husband Manak were summoned for interrogation at the police station on Monday, as stated by additional DCP Shakti Awasthy. Following this, Manak and manager Abhishek were taken into custody by the authorities. Speaking to TOI, DCP Awasthy said, "The video being played on the DJ screen showed some images from the Ramayan serial. Someone recorded that and uploaded it on social media. A case was registered at Sector 39 police station when the social media video came to our notice."
"The DJ is currently in Chennai. We are getting in touch with him," DCP Awasthy added.
Meanwhile, Pooja Choudhary told the portal that the pub's senior management was unaware of the video and they were cooperating with the police. She said, "We are cooperating with the police in whatever way we can. We didn't know the DJ would play something controversial that could hurt people's religious sentiments. That has never happened here before."
