Punjab
police
arrested
popular
singer
Daler
Mehndi
after
a
Patiala
Court
sentenced
him
to
two
years
of
imprisonment
in
a
19-year-old
human
trafficking
case
on
Thursday
(July
14).
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As
per
Times
Now
report,
it
was
a
review
hearing
in
the
case
after
a
2018
sentence
in
the
same
court,
where
he
was
convicted
in
a
2003
human
trafficking
case.
The
court
had
upheld
its
previous
sentence.
Although
earlier
he
was
sentenced
to
two
years
in
jail,
he
was
let
out
on
bail.
As
per
the
report,
the
singer
was
convicted
under
sections
406,
420,
120B,
465,
468,
471
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)
and
Indian
Passport
Act
after
an
FIR
at
the
Sadar
Patiala
police
station
back
in
2003.
ANI
tweeted,
"Patiala,
Punjab
|
Singer
Daler
Mehndi
sentenced
to
two
years
of
imprisonment
in
a
human
trafficking
case
of
2003.
He
has
been
taken
into
custody
(by
police).
His
application
for
release
on
probation
also
dismissed
by
court:
Advocate
Gurmeet
Singh,
Complainant's
lawyer."
In
2003,
Daler
Mehndi,
his
now
deceased
brother
Shamsher
Singh
and
two
others
were
accused
of
taking
money
to
illegally
send
people
abroad
via
the
troupe
route,
following
which
an
FIR
was
registered
in
the
case.
After
filing
the
first
complaint,
the
police
received
35
other
similar
complaints
against
the
popular
singer.
As
per
some
complainants,
he
had
taken
varying
amounts
of
money
of
around
Rs
12
Lakh
from
people
in
exchange
for
sending
them
to
foreign
countries
like
Canada
and
the
USA
illegally.