A 17-year-old brother of a Muslim singer, who courted controversy for singing a bhajan, was stabbed to demise by unidentified assailants right here, police stated on Sunday.

The sufferer, Khursheed, is the cousin of singer Farmani Naaz, police stated.

The incident happened on Saturday night time at Muhammadpur Mafi village in Ratanpuri, Superintendent of Police (rural) Atul Shrivastava stated.

”The physique has been despatched for postmortem examination. We have lodged an FIR and initiated investigation,” he stated.

‘Har Har Shambhu’, a devotional track praising Lord Shiva was sung by Naaz final yr with a Deoband cleric terming it “un-Islamic” and “haram” (forbidden).

Naaz, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, defended herself saying artistes do not need a faith and that she has not erred.

She additionally participated in Season 12 of the singing actuality present Indian Idol and her YouTube channel has greater than 4.5 million subscribers.

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