Lucknow court issues arrest warrant against dancer Sapna Chaudhary

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Lucknow court issues arrest warrant against dancer Sapna Chaudhary (Image: Screengrab from a video instagrammed by @itssapnachoudhary)
Lucknow court issues arrest warrant against dancer Sapna Chaudhary (Image: Screengrab from a video instagrammed by @itssapnachoudhary)

Lucknow : A court has issued an arrest warrant against dancer Sapna Chaudhary for allegedly cancelling a show and not returning the money of ticket holders.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shantanu Tyagi issued the warrant against Ms Chaudhary, asking the police to execute it by November 22, the next date of hearing of the case.

The court is slated to frame charges in the case against the dancer for which the presence of the accused in the court is necessary.

The FIR against Chaudhary was registered at the Ashiyana police station here on October 14, 2018 for her alleged failure to turn for a dance show at Smriti Upwan in Lucknow on October 13 that year from 3 pm to 10 pm.

Other than Sapna Chaudhary, the name of the event organizers Junaid Ahmad, Naveen Sharma, Iwad Ali, Amit Pandey and Ratnakar Upadhyay have also been included in the FIR.

The ticket for the programme was sold both online and offline at the cost of ₹ 300 per ticket.

According to reports, the money of ticket holders has also not been returned.

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