India, Sept. 22 -- The Virar police have registered a case against the owner of a furniture store for organising an allegedly obscene dance performance at a Vishwakarma Jayanti programme on September 17. The case was registered after a video of the alleged obscene dance found its way on to social media, generating anger among locals.

According to the police, the accused, 45-year-old Mukesh Sharma, runs a furniture shop in Avenue Global City in Virar West. On September 17, a programme was organised in front of the shop on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti, where a female dancer was invited to perform. The dancer allegedly danced in an obscene manner to some Bhojpuri songs and money was showered on her by the audience, witnesses told the...