SHOCKING! Singer Daler Mehndi FOUND GUILTY In Human Trafficking Case, Jailed For Two Years
Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi has been convicted in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Patiala and has been sentenced to two years of jail.
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oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
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Daler
Mehndi
convicted
in
Human
Trafficking
case
after
15
years
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In
a
shocking
turn
of
events,
Punjabi
pop
singer
Daler
Mehndi
has
been
convicted
in
a
2003
human
trafficking
case
by
a
court
in
Patiala.
He
has
been
sentenced
to
two
years
of
imprisonment.
However,
he
was
granted
bail
by
the
court
shortly
after.
Daler
and
his
brother,
Shamsher
Singh,
had
been
accused
of
illegally
sending
people
abroad
disguised
as
members
of
his
troupe
by
charging
hefty
"passage
money."
In
2003,
a
case
against
Mehndi,
his
brother
Shamsher
and
some
of
his
associates
was
registered
by
the
Patiala
police
following
a
complaint
filed
by
Bakshish
Singh
of
Balbehra
village
in
Punjab
in
2003.
The
complainant
had
alleged
that
he
had
been
duped
by
the
Mehndi
brothers
who
received
lakhs
of
rupees
from
him
on
the
pretext
of
sending
him
abroad
as
a
member
of
the
troupe
of
Daler
Mehndi.
Shamsher
passed
away
October
2017.
After
the
case
was
registered
more
complaints
came
up
levelling
charges
of
fraud
against
the
two
brothers.
As
per
a
Hindustan
Times
report,
the
Patiala
Police
had
even
raided
the
offices
of
Daler
Mehndi
at
Connaught
Place
in
New
Delhi
and
seized
documents,
including
the
case
file
of
those
who
had
paid
the
alleged
"passage
money" to
Mehndi
brothers.
In
2006,
Patiala
Police
filed
two
discharge
petitions
stating
Daler
Mehndi
to
be
innocent,
but
the
court
had
upheld
that
the
singer
be
prosecuted
as
there
was
"sufficient
evidence
against
him
on
the
judicial
file
and
scope
for
further
investigation".
Daler
Mehndi
is
popular
for
his
tracks
which
include
chartbusters
like
'Bolo
Ta
Ra
Ra' and
'Na
Na
Na
Re'.