Stop the music, or face the music

The Pune Police stopped a mega-concert of Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman midway, to the dismay of the audience.  The show was held at a sprawling open-air venue at Rajbahadur Mills. At 10 pm, a senior police officer took to the stage and waved a torch in the dark, ordering the organisers to immediately halt the show. The show had exceeded the permissible time limit. They were seen interrupting Rahman’s performance and communicating with him on stage. Rahman complied and quietly departed without making a scene. 

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