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The Singer Was Killed Since not Playing The Requested Song 09/12/2009

On the 4th day of December, in Lucknow, located in Uttar Pradesh province, a Dalit musician was killed. Ram Prakash Saanwle, a trumpeter Dalit musician invited to a street wedding ceremony, was attacked by the peasants for playing noisy and not playing the requested song.

The trumpeter of the Dalit music group with its 5 members who were invited to Nagar, a village 300 km. far from the center of Lucknow, was exposed verbal assaults after beginning of wedding since he was not playing the requested songs. Then the peasants attacked him with bats and said that the trumpeter was playing badly.

Police declared that there was a bullet on his shoulder when Saanwle was taken to the hospital and he had already died on the way. Security forces also told that the investigation was going on and one person was taken in charge.

Resource: www.thaindian.com