The music launch of a movie starring Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali, scheduled to be held in Delhi on Monday, was cancelled, with the director claiming security threats. However, the management of Royal Plaza, where the event was to be held on Monday afternoon, said it was cancelled as there was “no information about it” and also “no documentation”.

The director of the film — Ghar Wapsi — Suhaib Illyasi claimed he received a call from Vishnu Gupta of Hindu Sena threatening to disrupt the event. “It is regrettable that Ghulam Ali’s music launch has been cancelled by the hotel management. We were told not to keep the event here as they feared that people from Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Sena would disrupt it and destroy hotel property,” he said.

Police personnel were deployed outside the venue and even some men who were chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” were detained. They claimed to be the volunteers of Hindu Sena.
The director plans to reschedule the launch but is yet to decide where it will be organised.