Singer K K passed away due to cardiac arrest on May 31. The musician was in Kolkata during the incident and he had visited the Bengal capital to perform at Nazrul Mancha. Followed by his untimely demise, there were videos that were doing the rounds about the singer complaining of a chest pain during the performance. From suspecting a foul play to bashing the event organizers for a bad venue and infrastructure, the sad demise of the 53-year-old singer has raised many questions. Responding to them were the event organizers BlackEyed Event House.
After the demise of K K, many musicians claimed that the conditions of the concerts are generally not up to the mark and that over-crowding and lack of infrastructure, often leads to suffocation and health issues for the singers. Speaking about it, BlackEyed Event House said in a statement, “The AC's were running and working on its full capacity. Nazrul Mancha has a specific seating capacity of people but few more number of people forced into the auditorium. It’s very obvious that the auditorium having AC installed for specific capacity of people cannot work properly when the crowd is exceeding the capacity.” Furthermore speaking about the choice of the venue, “The venue was chosen by the college authorities and we had nothing to do with the choice of venue or the management of the venue infrastructure,” added the company.
They also responded to the netizens questions on overcrowding. “There was forced entry into the auditorium....
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