On Friday, addressing a press meet, the National Award-winning singer said that he’s apologizing unconditionally to late singer KK’s family and he has already deleted the Facebook video that led to so much controversy on social media. Rupankar also stated that he prays KK’s soul may rest in peace.
It all started on Tuesday hours before KK died as Bagchi in his Facebook live questioned the ‘excitement’ among the audience in Bengal ahead of the noted Bollywood singer’s concert.
In a shocking twist of fate, KK passed away due to a heart attack hours after the concert at Nazrul Mancha and since then unsparing trolls and controversy over Rupankar’s comment kicked up a social media storm.
During Friday’s press media interaction, a shocked Rupankar further said that in his entire singing career, he didn’t imagine that he would have to face such horror in life. He had no idea that a Facebook video will give him and his family such horror and mental distress.
The acclaimed singer added that he even had to seek help from the police and hire private security outside his residence as his wife was also getting death threats over the phone. A visibly heartbroken Rupankar admitted that as a singer he has received so much love across the country and abroad but he never imagined that a moment of negligence will lead to so much aggression and hatred.
He regrets that all this hatred and anger has been created because he couldn’t properly address his concerns in the video adding that he has no such personal animosity against late singer KK.
Rupankar tried to justify by saying that he has no personal angst against KK. He only wanted the Bengali audience to show the exact kind of love for the artists from Bengal as well. He further mentioned as a singer he has no insecurity. He feels that as a Bengali singing fraternity the artists here are facing constant threats, especially due to people’s excitement surrounding the singers from the South and Western India.
However, Rupankar has now realized that he should have reached out to his fellow singers from Bengal before mentioning their names. Taking the name of a celebrated singer like KK was nothing but symbolic. He had no intention to target him.
He concluded by saying that a legendary singer like KK passing away while performing in Kolkata is indeed heart-wrenching and he wants to apologize to everyone once again.
After the concert at Nazrul Mancha on Tuesday, KK returned to his hotel where he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. However, doctors declared him brought dead at around 10.30 pm.
