Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa, who was on a US/Canada concert tour, announced his return to India with an Instagram post, confirming he "is home now, feeling safe" and added that he has four stitches on his forehead after he was attacked during a show in Vancouver, Canada, by a member of the audience. The singer's team wrote a lengthy note on Instagram, along with a photo of a bruised Guru Randhawa, to share details of the unexpected fiasco in Canada: "Guru is back in India with four stitches on his right eyebrow and mega successful USA/Canada tour. The incident happened on July 28 in Vancouver when Guru told one Punjabi man not to come on stage while he was performing for the audience."
"That man was trying to come on stage again and again and then he started fighting with everyone backstage. He was known to the local promoter Surinder Sanghera who sent him away during the show. But at the end when Guru finished the show and was leaving the stage, that Punjabi man came and hit him hard on his face with a punch, because of which Guru started bleeding on the spot from his forehead above eyebrow and went back to stage and showed it to the audience," the Instagram post added.
The statement added that the alleged assaulter could not be identified as he fled the spot: "That man was with few others and whosoever tried to stop them, they were punching them and then they all ran away."
In the note, Guru Randhawa's team also confirmed that he won't have concerts in Canada any more: "Guru is home now feeling safe in India. And he said he won't ever perform in Canada for the rest of his life. Guru said, his Guru Nanak Dev ji has saved him and prayed to Waheguru to give that man a good sense of understanding what to do and what not to. Your love and support is all we need always."
Soon after the reports of the mishap at Guru Randhawa's Vancouver concert started doing the rounds, Punjabi singer Preet Harpal shared and then deleted a photo of Guru Randhawa on his Facebook account, which appears to have been clicked after the alleged assault. Preet Harpal's attached note, written in Punjabi, remains and roughly translates to: "I know Guru since long... He is a very genuine person and always respects others. But this is very bad thing. I don't know what is happening to the society."
Guru Randhawa's tracks are popular party numbers amongst fans of Punjabi music. He is best known for chartbusters such as Suit Suit, High Rated Gabru, Down Town and Aja Ni Aja. He recently launched Slowly Slowly in collaboration with Pitbull.
