India, March 15 -- A Srinagar court has asked the organisers of the recent Gulmarg fashion show to appear before it on April 8 amid allegations of obscenity and hurting religious sentiments.

The special mobile magistrate, Srinagar, Faizan Nazan, asked designer duo Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja and Elle India editor-in-chief Ainee Nizami Ahmedi to appear before the court in person or through a counsel. The court passed the order on a criminal complaint filed by Awami Ittehad Party leader Adil Nazir Khan through his advocate Naveed Bukhtiyar. "Recently, an obscene fashion show was organised in Gulmarg, and there was public consumption of alcohol. It hurt the religious sentiments of the people. A social activist approached and wanted t...