Soon after he was sentenced to two years in jail in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Patiala, singer Daler Mehndi was granted bail on Friday, according to news agency ANI. The 50-year-old singer was convicted earlier in the day.
Daler and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty 바카라passage money.바카라
It had been alleged that Mehndi brothers had taken two troupes in 1998 and 1999 during the course of which 10 persons were taken to the US as group members and were 바카라dropped off바카라 illegally.
Daler, on a trip to the US in the company of an actress had allegedly 바카라dropped off바카라 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 바카라dropped off바카라 at New Jersey. Soon after the Patiala Police registered a case against Daler and Shamsher on a complaint filed by one Bakshish Singh. 35 more complaints came up levelling charges of fraud against the two brothers.
The complaints had alleged that two brothers had taken 바카라passage money바카라 from them to help them migrate to the US 바카라illegally바카라, but had failed to do so.
Patiala Police had even raided the offices of Daler Mehndi at Connaught Place in New Delhi and seized documents, including the case file of those who had paid the alleged 바카라passage money바카라 to Mehndi brothers.
In 2006, Patiala Police filed two discharge petitions stating Daler Mehndi to be innocent, but the court had upheld that the singer be prosecuted as there was 바카라sufficient evidence against him on the judicial file and scope for further investigation바카라.
Detail are awaited...
(With PTI inputs)