Bengaluru: The red faces over the police's inability to manage rowdy elements wrecking New Year's eve celebrations in the central business district could be eclipsed on Thursday by the uproar on social media set off by irate music lovers in the city when Thursday's sold-out concert by Grammy Award-winning French DJ and music producer David Guetta was called off at the very last minute.
Fans went berserk with instant tweets and posts. The organiser of the Guetta concert, Karan Singh, CEO of Sunburn squarely blamed the police, who he claimed did not permit them to host the show, citing law and order issues. Police however have a different story to tell. IGP, Central Range, Seemanth Kumar Singh, said the organisers, preparing for the event for over six months, only approached the police two days ago.
“The permission was denied mainly because of the APMC elections the same day. The organisers were expecting 15-20,000 people. At least, 5-6,000 policemen need to be deployed for such a big event apart from ensuring free flow of traffic. As we had already deployed policemen for election bandobust, we told them we could not provide security."
The recent molestation incidents "have nothing do with the police denying permission for the event," he said.
