India, April 3 -- Deshbandhu College's annual cultural fest Sabrang turned into a battlefield after Haryanvi pop singer Masoom Sharma's concert spiralled into mayhem at the Kalkaji campus on Tuesday.

Clips on social media show Masoom pleading with the audience to keep the peace after a clash between students broke out mid-performance. "Rola (chaos) mat karo, show hone do," he said, before asking the police to intervene. Other videos from the fest also show police officers using lathis to control the crowd as things escalated.

"He barely managed to sing one or two songs before the violence in the crowd escalated beyond control," said Aniket Rawat, a first-year MSc student at Jamia Millia Islamia University. Aniket, who had a clear view o...