New Delhi, May 3 -- A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged in Bengaluru's Avalahalli Police Station against Sonu Nigam over his recent remarks. He has allegedly hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas during his recent event in the city.

News agency ANI posted on X, formerly Twitter, "Karnataka | FIR registered in Avalahalli Police Station, Bengaluru against Singer Sonu Nigam for allegedly hurting sentiments of Kannadigas during a musical event in the city."

Previously, a formal complaint was filed by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), the prominent Kannada group, accusing Sonu of "comparing Kannada and the Kannadigas' language struggle to terrorism and what happened in Pahalgam."

It all began when asked to sing in Kannada by a s...