All About The 2003 Human Trafficking Case That Led to Daler Mehndi’s Arrest

Daler Mehndi arrested: Singer Daler Mehendi was arrested on Thursday within the 15-year-old human trafficking case after a Patiala court docket upheld its two-year jail time period. The widespread Punjabi singer was first convicted in 2018 after which his staff filed for a evaluation in the identical case. The court docket additionally dismissed his quick plea for probation, confirmed advocate Gurmeet Singh, the complainant’s lawyer in an official assertion.Also Read – Viral Video: Harry Styles Dances to Daler Mehndi’s Ho Jayegi Balle Balle. Just Try Not To Laugh

In 2003, a case was filed in opposition to Mehndi, his now deceased brother Shamsher Singh and two others at a police station in Patiala after which a number of extra complaints got here to the sunshine within the human trafficking case. It was alleged that the singer used his affect to take a big sum of cash from folks to illegally ship them to international nations, majorly Canada and the USA. Upon investigation, Punjab police had reportedly discovered sufficient proof within the type of paperwork from Mehndi’s Connaught Place-based workplace in New Delhi. Also Read – Daler Mehndi’s ‘Garda’ From Akshay Kumar’s Atrangi Re Becomes Top Chartburster

Daler Mehndi’s arrest: All concerning the 2003 human trafficking case

Mehndi was convicted beneath sections 406, 420, 120B, 465, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) together with the Indian Passport Act. It was alleged that the singer and his late brother would normally disguise folks as members of their troops to ship them overseas. The court docket of Judicial Magistrate First Class had discovered them each responsible they usually had been sentenced to a two-year-old jail time period, a judgment that they challenged within the periods court docket later. The duo was granted bail a number of days later. Also Read – Protect Kids Orphaned by Covid, Provide Help to Vulnerable Groups: Home Ministry Tells States, UTs

In the FIR that led to Mehndi’s arrest, it was alleged that the singer and his brother had taken two troupes within the yr 1998 and 1999 and 10 folks had been illegally taken to the US as their group members. The immigration fraud was informally termed’ kabootarbaazi‘ and Mehndi’s lawyer argued that he had nothing to do with the case.

It is believed that within the 1998 troupe, the brothers ‘dropped off’ three women from Gujarat, recognized as Priya, Meenu Behn and Nimu, to the US. Mehndi had accompanied Karisma Kapoor and her mom Babita on the identical journey. In 1999, the singer took three boys to New Jersey as a part of the troupe that included names like Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla and Raveena Tandon.

Mehndi’s staff is predicted to problem the judgment within the greater court docket.