Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airport

Lily

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New Delhi: Popular Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been detained at an Indian airport carrying $124,000, a much larger amount than is permissible under Indian law.

The Press Trust of India News agency says Rahat and his 18-member troupe were detained at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport Sunday before they could fly to the United Arab Emirates.

A Pakistani diplomat confirmed Khan's detention Monday and said Pakistani High Commission officials have taken up the matter with Indian authorities. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

Khan is quite popular in India, holding concerts in the country and singing in Bollywood movies.

Khan was being questioned by India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for the second day Monday, an official said.

"He is still being questioned and senior officials from the Pakistan High Commission have already visited our office," an official of DRI said.

According to the official, senior DRI officials questioned the popular singer till late last night but have not charged him yet.

Pakistan has initiated hectic efforts to secure the release of singer.

Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Sharat Sabarwal and discussed the matter around midnight Sunday. He requested the Indian envoy to ensure that "no official should misbehave with Rahat during interrogation".

 

kanjjar

Banned
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

India Tuesday decided to extend the visa of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to facilitate the probe into the recovery of undisclosed foreign currency of over $100,000 from him, even as Pakistan thanked New Delhi for releasing him.

"His visa has expired. His visa will be extended and we hope that post Feb 17 there could be adjudication proceedings, and we hope that the matter would be resolved," Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told reporters here on the sidelines of a book release function.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), which interrogated Rahat and others of his troupe, are continuing their investigation into the source of $124,000 foreign exchange recovered from Rahat and two others -- Maroof, his manager, and Chitresh Shrivastava, the owner of an event management company.

The trio were detained at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport Sunday night wh they were planning to catch a flight to Dubai for onward journey to Karachi.

Rahat was released Monday night after hours of interrogation by officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

He was released after an assurance by the Pakistan High Commission that he will cooperate with the probe. The singer, along with two of his colleagues, have been asked to appear before the DRI on Thursday.

Pakistan Interior Minister Rahman Malik Tuesday thanked Home Minister P. Chidambaram for the release of Rahat and assured the latter of the singer's full cooperation in the probe.

Malik thanked Chidambaram for extending his assistance and cooperation in regard to the matter relating to qawwali singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistan high commission said in a statement here. He also assured the Indian home minister of Rahat's full cooperation in the matter, in accordance with the law of the land, the statement added.

Government sources said India's external affairs ministry has been in constant touch with Pakistan's foreign office over the issue.

Rahat's release Monday night came amid intense pressure from Pakistan.

Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Sharat Sabharwal and discussed the matter around midnight Sunday. He requested the Indian envoy to ensure that "no official should misbehave with Rahat during interrogation".

Bashir also called up Pakistani High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik and directed him to "take immediate steps for securing release of Rahat".








 

ลgǝи†.47

Codename 47
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

hmm
par eh ta bewcoofi aa niri
when they say max u can carry is 10grand on flight why he wanted such a big amount? sounds stupid
 

kanjjar

Banned
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

He still had more sense than pakistani cricket player Mhd. Asif who thought it was ok to carry opium in his pocket at an airport.
 

pps309

Prime VIP
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

jinne ohnu aena paisa ditta ohnu v farro....

he did some shows in India, so this must be his non-taxed, undocumented income.
 

snoopy_amli

___I. A. F.___
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

yu mean kala dhan sale saare artist chor hunde o kallan tan hai ne
 

pps309

Prime VIP
Re: Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained at New Delhi airp

yeah.........Kala dhan..........nice name. can make movie on it.
 
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