The Delhi Police on Tuesday said no case had been made out in connection with the argument between popular television personality Tarek Fatah and other attendees at the Jashn-e-Rekhta festival here on Sunday.
The Pakistan-origin writer had claimed that a group of people at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, where the event was being held, had corned him and shouted slogans against him. They also allegedly asked him to leave.
“While he claims that he was attacked unprovoked, those in the crowd told us that they had been irked by his comment on why an Urdu festival had to be organised,” said the police.
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No policemen were around when the incident happened. Volunteers rushed to Mr. Fatah’s help, but failed to control the situation. Later, policemen on security duty at the venue took him outside.
It is also alleged that Mr. Fatah had called certain people “jihadis”. He, however, refuted this claim.
