Singer Daler Mehndi Sentenced To Two Years Of Imprisonment

Popular singer Daler Mehndi was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a 19-year-old human trafficking case.

According to the reports, he was taken into custody. Patiala Court on Thursday announced the judgment in the case that dates back to 2003. Daler Mehndi applied for release on probation, but it was also dismissed by the court. The court also ordered an immediate arrest of the singer.

Daler Mehndi was granted bail after the judgment. He was convicted under Sections 406, 420, 120B, 465, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal code and Indian Passport Act.

There were more than 35 similar complaints against Daler Mehndi. The police found evidence against Daler Mehndi after they raided his office in Connaught Place in Delhi.

Daler Mehndi and his brother Shamsher Singh had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging huge ‘Passage money.’ In 2018, the court held both of them guilty and sentenced them to two years in jail. They were granted bail.

Daler Mehndi on a trip to the US in the company of Karishma Kapoor had allegedly ‘dropped off’ three girls in San Francisco. Later in 1999, the brothers took another troupe to the US in the company of Juhi Chawla, Raveena Tandon, and Javed Jaffri during which three boys were dropped off in New Jersey.