Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who had been detained for having illegal foreign currency this Sunday, appeared today after Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials in New Delhi on Thursday.
Rahat Fateh along with his manager Maaroof and Shrivastava was detained on February 14 at the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport after a huge amount of undeclared foreign currency was found on him. He then later released but with his passport was impounded.
Today, Pakistani Singer again met the DRI Officials to submit his contract papers in India. According to GEO TV’s conversation with an Indian Journalist, ‘Rahat might face penalty for the amount 3 times more than the alleged illegal money’. ‘But based on this special case circumstances, it can also be reduced’, the indian journalist hoped.
Rahat, along with his troupe of about 20 people, was scheduled to fly to Lahore on a Emirates flight after a series of performances in India. When he was reported and then traced by DRI Officials.