MUMBAI: Saying that she found him “brighter than most of his peers”, singer Sona Mohapatra Wednesday took on colleague Sonu Nigam for his reported defence of composer Anu Malik, who she alleged is a “serial predator”.
Nigam was quoted as saying at a media summit over the weekend that Malik, his long time friend, was accused without any proof and had maintained a dignified silence on the #MeToo allegations.
Mohapatra, Shweta Pandit and two other budding singers, who chose to remain anonymous, made allegations of sexual harassment against Malik in October, when the #MeToo movement was gathering pace.
Mohapatra, who called Malik a “serial predator”, said she felt “let down” by Nigam’s remarks.
“I always found Sonu Nigam to be brighter than most of his peers, intelligent, so talented, excellent at his craft and yes, kind too. Feel so let down hearing him talk like this and choose the dark side to side up with. I’m hoping he realises how sad this is,” she wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
“So much sympathy for a millionaire losing work? So much empathy for his privileged family being ‘tortured’? How about the scores of girls and women he tortured? Multiple testimonies not proof enough? ‘Sonu Nigam backs Anu Malik on #MeToo: Where is the proof’?” she said, tagging a news article. (AGENCIES)
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