Ramayan at DJ dance: Pub owner in Noida questioned

NOIDA: The owner and manager of a pub in Gardens Galleria mall were arrested on Monday over a YouTube music video with images from the 1987 Ramanand Sagar series.
Lord of the Drinks owners Pooja Choudhary and her husband Manak were called to the police station for questioning on Monday evening, additional DCP Shakti Awasthy said. Manak and manager Abhishek were taken into custody.
"The video being played on the DJ screen showed some images from the Ramayan serial. Someone recorded that and uploaded it on social media. A case was registered at Sector 39 police station when the social media video came to our notice," Awasthy said.
Pooja Choudhary later told TOI the senior management was unaware of the video. "We are cooperating with the police in whatever way we can. We didn't know the DJ would play something controversial that could hurt people's religious sentiments. That has never happened here before," she said.
Sources in the police said the clip played by the DJ appeared to be a spoof of a YouTube video 'Scene Kya Hai - Ravan mashup feat. Nucleya and Divine'. As the original song plays in the background, various characters from the 1987 mythological series are superimposed in the video in sync with the beats. The police said the FIR had been registered under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) of the Indian Penal Code.
"The DJ is currently in Chennai. We are getting in touch with him," DCP Awasthy said.