A courtroom in Punjab’s Patiala on Thursday upheld the two-year penal complex term of Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi in a 2003 human trafficking case. The singer used to be on bail as he had appealed in opposition to the trial court’s ruling in 2018.
The singer used to be taken into police custody after extra periods choose HS Grewal brushed aside his attraction towards his reformatory term and plea for release on probation. He was taken to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala for clinical examination before being sent to Patiala jail, where cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and Akali leader Bikram Majithia are additionally lodged.
Daler’s lawyer Rakesh Thakur stated they would file an enchantment towards the conviction orders in the Punjab and Haryana high court.
“Finally, justice has been delivered to the victims. There were 31 complainants in the case and the total amount cheated ran up to Rs 1.93 crore, along with Rs 13 lakh paid by means of Bakshish Singh,” said Gurpreet Singh Bhasin, the tips of the complainants.
Sadar Patiala police station had registered the case towards Daler, his brother Shamsher Singh, Dhian Singh and Bulbul Mehta in 2003 following a criticism via Bakshish, a resident of Balbera village in Sanaur. The complainant alleged that Daler took Rs thirteen lakh to send him to Canada however neither despatched him overseas nor again the amount. Later, 30 greater complaints of fraud came up towards the brothers, accusing them of taking “passage money” to assist them migrate to different nations illegally but not doing so.
In March 2018, then Patiala judicial magistrate Nidhi Saini convicted Daler in the human trafficking case and acquitted Mehta, an worker of the singer’s firm, for lack of evidence. Shamsher and Dhian died at some point of the trial.
Daler’s arrest was quite controversial as he used to be requested to strip by a few junior police officers throughout interrogation.
