WHAT?? Rahat Fateh Ali Khan caught SMUGGLING Forigen Currency?

He was carrying 2.61 crores...

Published: Thursday,Jan 31, 2019 11:06 AM GMT-07:00

Kriti Sharma

Popular singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has hit a big boulder as once again he has been issued a show cause notice for carrying $1.24 Lack of undisclosed currency. Notably, he was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)at the Delhi International Airport for carrying this huge sum of money.

As per the law, one can only carry upto $5,000 in cash and $5,000 in other forms such as travellers' checks etc. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was travelling with two of his associates carrying almost 2.6 crores.

Taking strict action, Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), issued a notice and has seeked his reply within 45 days. If the reply is not found satisfactory, he will have to bear 300% penalty. And if he fails to do so, he would be issues a notice and would thereby be forbidden to perform anywhere in India.

In 2011 too, something similar happened when he was caught on the airport carrying $1,25,000 with him. He is a Pakistani singer who has a magnanimous fan following in India. He rose to fame with 'Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye' song from Kalyug.