Patiala court convicts singer Daler Mehndi in Human Trafficking case

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 11:10 PM

Patiala court convicts singer Daler Mehndi in Human Trafficking case

Chandigarh, March 16: A court in Patiala on Friday convicted famous bhangra-pop singer Daler Mehndi in a 15-year-old human trafficking case. He was sentenced to two years in jail and was later granted bail.

Police had registered a case against Mehndi, his brother Shamsher Singh -- who died in last October -- and two 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.

Pleading innocence, Daler told the media on Friday: "I have been granted bail. We will appeal in a higher court."