Noted Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained at the IGI
airport on Sunday evening by revenue intelligence sleuths for
allegedly carrying a huge amount of undeclared foreign currency. Khan,
who is a hit Bollywood playback singer, arrived on a flight from
Karachi and was intercepted by personnel from Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence acting on some prior information, official sources said.
They said the singer was carrying a huge amount of foreign currency
which he did not declare to the immigration authorities. Two other
persons accompanying him have also been detained, the sources said.
Khan is being questioned and the amount of the money is being
ascertained, they said.
The 37-year-old, nephew of Pakistani singing legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan, was earlier too involved in a controversy when organisers of
a concert in Gurgaon filed a police complaint against him in July last
year for his failure to turn up for a show.
Khan has several hit numbers to his credit and had won the Filmfare
Award for Best Male Playback Singer this year for Dil To Bachcha Hai
Ji from the movie Ishqiya.
Source Hindustan Times
