Patiala, Mar 16 (IBNS) : A local court in Punjab on Friday convicted Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi on the charges of human trafficking, media reports said..
The singer is under Punjab Police custody.
The quantum of punishment will be announced later.
According to reporrts, Daler 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 human trafficking case was registered in 2003 after a man named Bakshish Singh filed a complaint against the singer alleging that he was duped by Mehndi and his brother, who had promised to send him abroad as a member of the singer's troupe.
Mehndi had been booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC
It was alleged that Daler, on a trip to the US in the company of an actress had allegedly “dropped off” three girls at San Francisco.
Both brothers allegedly 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.
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