Chandigarh
A Patiala court on Thursday dismissed the plea of leading bhangra-pop singer Daler Mehndi against his two-year jail in a 19-year-old human trafficking case.
He was subsequently arrested and sent to a local jail.
Daler was convicted along with his brother Shamsher Singh in March 2018 and later released on bail.
Police had registered a case against the singer, his brother Shamsher Singh and two others after it was alleged that the accused took money from people to the tune of Rs 1 crore on the pretext of taking them abroad.
The singer was arrested by the police in October 2003 along with his brother after a person complained that he was duped by the two.
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Police officials, after investigations, had stated that the singer and other performers had got into a well-organised racket to illegally take youth out of Punjab to western countries by making them part of musical troupes.