Sentenced To 2 Years Jail ,
Daler Mehndi and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad.
Daler Mehndi human trafficking case: The singer was convicted by a court in Patiala today
Daler Mehndi, 50, and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty “passage money.”
The Mehndi brothers had allegedly taken two troupes in 1998 and 1999 during the course of which 10 persons were taken to the US as group members and were “dropped off” illegally.
Daler Mehndi, on a trip to the US in the company of an actress had allegedly “dropped off” three girls at San Francisco.
Both brothers took another troupe to the US in October 1999 in the company of some other actors during which three boys were “dropped off” at New Jersey.
Soon after the Patiala Police registered a case against Daler Mehndi and Shamsher Singh, 35 more complaints came up levelling charges of fraud against the two brothers.
The complaints had alleged that two brothers had taken “passage money” from them to help them migrate to the US “illegally”, but had failed to do so
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 had a massive following in the late nineties and early 2000s for his pop songs, including the hit numbers “Tunak Tunak Tun“, “Bolo Ta Ra Ra” and “Saade Naal Rahoge Toh…”.
March 17, 2018 at 4:07 pm
The charges levelled against the singer are grave. They should be probed at the earliest. Granting bail may delay proceedings