Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Gets Notice For Smuggling Currency Out Of India
Mumbai: Most famous Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been accused of smuggling illegal foreign currency in India for three years.
Notice has been issued against the singer by India’s Enforcement Directorate, as per media reports he got Rs 2.42 crore through illegal means of which he reportedly smuggled Rs 1.6 crore.
The Enforcement Department had ordered him to reply to the Enforcement Directorate notice within 45 days.
The case against the singer went back in 2014 when the investigating agency started investigating against him under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Earlier Khan has been in controversy related to illegal currency. In 2011, he was found with undocumented $125,000 (Rs 89.1 lakh) at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The singer, however, has denied any wrongdoing.
According to the reports Khan said that he was carrying a large amount of cash because he was traveling with his group.
Khan debuted as a playback singer in Bollywood with the movie Paap (2003), in the song “Mann Ki Lagan”.
The song “Zaroori Tha” from the album Back 2 Love (2014) became the first original non-film music video from the Indian subcontinent to cross 100 million views after two years, and 200 million views within three years of its release.
Rahat became the first Pakistani to perform at any Nobel Prize concert when he was invited to the concert at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. He performed Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s most memorable qawwali “Tumhe Dillagi” and “Mast Qalandar”, and he also sang “Aao Parhao” there.
