Folk Punjabi singer Malkoo has opened up about rumors of his arrest following the concert in which he sang a song titled 'Qaeedi # 804' (prisoner number 804).
While talking to a private digital news outlet, Malkoo denied all the reports of the arrest and stated that there was no truth in these reports.
The Parks and Horticulture Authority in Sargodha organized a folk festival from December 7 to 13, in which Punjabi folk singer Muhammad Ashraf Malik, popularly known as Malkoo, also participated.
Malkoo sang various songs at the folk fair, but during this time he also sang a song written for former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan titled 'Qaeedi # 804' (prisoner number 804). After singing the song, Malkoo continued to trend on social media platform X; however, today reports were circulating on social media regarding his arrest by the police for singing the said song.
Regarding his arrest, a video is also being circulated on social media in which police can be seen escorting Malkoo from the crowd and taking him off the stage.
It is pertinent to mention here that the PTI workers were sharing the video on social media for propaganda.
While refuting all such fake reports, Malkoo said, “There was a large number of people at the Sargodha folk festival. I also sang the song ‘Qaeedi # 804’ but there was chaos due to the huge crowd. People were trying to get on stage, so we acquired the help of police personnel who were already deployed there for security purposes.”
According to him, at the end of the ceremony, he called security so that he could be taken out safely. “Therefore, the police took me off the stage and took me to the car in protocol to avoid any untoward incident,” he said.
“When the police were taking us out of the procession, someone made a video and mischievously started propaganda on social media,” he added.