Daler Mehndi sent to Jail for 2 years for Human trafficking

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was convicted in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Delhi today.

Mehndi and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty “passage money.”

It was also alleged that Mehndi brothers had taken two troupes in 1998 and 1999 during which 10 people 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.