K’taka Congress leader under probe for flaunting guns in viral ‘Fa9la’ reel | VIDEO

Kalaburagi (Karnataka): A Congress leader is facing scrutiny after a video replicating the popular song “Fa9la” from the blockbuster movie Dhurandhar went viral, showing him flaunting firearms.

The video features Mateen Patel, a close aide of a Congress MLA in Kalaburagi, making an entry in a black SUV and dancing with friends, mimicking a scene from the film where the character Rehman Dakait (Akshaye Khanna) enters an arms dealer’s camp in Balochistan.

Police have initiated an investigation.

“A video has gone viral on social media showing a man flaunting arms. We know the person in the video. I have told officers to find out where the video was made and under which police station it falls,” Kalaburagi Police Commissioner Sharanappa S D told reporters on Tuesday.

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He added that authorities are also verifying the type of weapons shown.

“If it is real, then we will see whether it was a licenced one or not. If it was licenced, then we will check whether the conditions were violated,” Sharanappa said.

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The officer further warned, “If it is found illegal, then action will be taken under the Arms Act.”

Meanwhile, Mateen Patel defended his actions, saying, "There was a family function... During that, they gave me a character from the movie Dhurandhar, and on the request of my children, I played that character with a toy gun... Police also did the inquiry, and they gave the report..."