Singer Daler Mehendi convicted for human trafficking, given two year jail term
Singer Daler Mehendi (File Photo/Facebook)
Chandigarh : Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehendi was on Friday convicted in a human trafficking case of 2003 by a Patiala court and sentenced to two years in jail. Soon after the verdict, Daler was taken into custody by Punjab police.
The police had registered a case against Daler and others after it was alleged that the accused took money from people to the tune of Rs 1 crore on the pretext of taking them abroad.
A complainant, Bakhshish Singh, alleged that the deal never matured and the accused failed to return the money.
The case was registered in 2003 in Patiala. Daler was subsequently arrested and released on bail after a few days.
Updated : March 16, 2018, 14:32 IST
With inputs from IANS
