Trouble could be brewing for the Sunburn electronic dance music festival as Hindutva outfits in Pune have come together to protest against it claiming that it is against Indian culture, reports The Indian Express.

The festival will be held at Kesnand on Pune-Ahmednagar highway this year. It used to be held in Goa for the past nine years.

The outfits have claimed that the festival promoted obscene activities and abuse of narcotic substances.

The members from women’s wing of the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, Shiv Sena, Vishwa Hindu Parishad sloganeered at Lokmanya Tilak statue in Mahatma Phule Mandai and sent out pamphlets. They also started a signature campaign against the festival.

“In 2009, a girl died at Sunburn in Goa due to drug overdose… Such events mislead the youth,” said Pratiksha Korgaonkar, state organiser of Ranragini.

Sunburn CEO Karan Singh said, “We do nothing illegal…. We work very closely with all government authorities to ensure a safe event.”