Pakistan steps in to solve Rahat's detention issue
Indian
oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Pakistani
Singer
Rahat
Fateh
Ali
Khan,
who
won
the
Filmfare
Award
for
the
Best
Male
Playback
Singer
2010
for
'Dil
To
Bachcha
Hai
Ji'
from
the
movie
'Ishqiya',
was
detained
at
the
Indira
Gandhi
International
(IGI)
airport
in
New
Delhi
on
Sunday.
The
revenue
intelligence
officials
detained
him
and
his
troupe
of
16
members
after
they
were
caught
allegedly
carrying
US
$1.24
lakh
as
undeclared
foreign
currency.
Rahat,
who
has
given
a
lot
of
hit
songs
to
Bollywood
and
has
also
become
a
familiar
face
in
the
Indian
television
world,
was
detained
for
interrogation
by
the
Directorate
of
Revenue
Intelligence
(DRI)
officials.
The
DRI
officials
informed
that
the
foreign
currency
was
not
declared
to
the
Customs
officials
after
the
immigration
checks.
Rahat
and
his
troupe
were
on
their
way
back
to
Lahore
via
Dubai.
The
DRI
official
also
said
that
the
recovered
foreign
currency
included
US
$10,000
and
US
$8,600
in
demand
drafts
and
some
Traveller
Cheques.
This
detention
has
brought
distress
back
there
in
Pakistan.
The
Pakistan
Interior
Minister
Rehman
Malik
has
now
stepped
in
personally
to
look
into
the
matter
over
undeclared
foreign
currency.
Malik
gave
a
call
to
the
Pakistan
High
Commission
in
New
Delhi
and
spoke
to
Shahid
Malik.
The
minister
demanded
details
on
the
detention
issue
of
Rahat,
who
is
nephew
to
legend
Ustad
Nusrat
Fateh
Ali
Khan.
He
asked
Shahid
Malik
to
minutely
monitor
the
matter.