Ramy Sabry arrested over military service evasion

CAIRO- 13 October- 2017: Famed Egyptian singer Ramy Sabry was arrested over accusations of escaping from military service on Friday, October 13.

Rumours in the artistic field say that Sabry was with his wife when the police forces arrested him, and that a member of his band whom he recently had a dispute with submitted a report to the police accusing Sabry of escaping from military service.

Tarek Mortada, the media spokesperson of the syndicate of Musical Professions, announced that they previously received a complaint accusing Sabry of escaping from military service, and after investigations they found that this accusation is not true.

"We received a previous complaint accusing him of evading his military service and we verified that it was incorrect by communicating with military records,’’ said Mortada.

Mortada recounted that the syndicate is currently communicating with police forces to learn all the recent updates.