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The Directorate of Law Enforcement has sent a notice to Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, the PTI news agency reported, citing officials .
They said that the notice of violation of foreign exchange funds up to crore of 2 Rupees had been published under the FEMA, after the end of the investigation in the case .
They added that Khan had been asked to respond to the notice. within 45 days.
The case concerns the investigative agency that initiated a FEMA investigation against him and his badociates in 2014, after the Revenue Intelligence Directorate (DRI) in 2011 intercepted Khan and his manager , Marrouf Ali Khan, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly carrying an undeclared amount of US $ 1.24 lakh and some other currency instruments.
Khan had stated that he had done nothing wrong and that they were carrying the money because they were traveling in a group and act was inadvertently. The singer's lawyers disclosed details of shows and events in 2011 to prove that he had accumulated the said amount in 2011.
The ED, which is the central body responsible for investigating forex infringements in the FEMA executive, took over the case after this episode. He had started the process after obtaining records of the said cash with the RBI.
The Sufi singer is very popular in the region and many of his songs are very popular in Hindi movies as well as in Pakistan .. His "bin tune" Ranveer Singh's song, Sarah Ali Khan Starrer Simmba was very well received. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2011 for the song 'Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji' from the movie 'Ishqiya'.
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First published: January 30, 2019 10:15 am IST
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