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Daler Mehndi jailed for two years in human trafficking case
March 16, 2018
NEW DELHI, March 16 (INP) - Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi on Friday has got two years jail in a human trafficking case filed in 2003. Daler Mehndi was reportedly taken into custody by the Punjab Police after his conviction was announced. It is to be mentioned here that the singer and his brother, Shamsher Singh had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty "passage money." Mehndi brothers had allegedly taken two troupes in 1998 and 1999 during the course of which 10 persons were taken to the US as group members and were "dropped off" illegally. Daler Mehndi, on a trip to the US in the company of an actress had allegedly "dropped off" three girls at San Francisco. Both brothers 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. Soon after the Patiala Police registered a case against Daler Mehndi and Shamsher Singh, 35 more complaints came up levelling charges of fraud against the two brothers. Inp/khan
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