PATIALA: Singer Daler Mehndi was on Friday convicted in a human traffickingcase by a Patiala court in Punjab and sentenced to two years in jail. Thesinger was taken into custody by the Punjab Police soon after hisconviction but was soon granted bail.

A case against Mehndi, his brother Shamsher and some of his associates, wasregistered by the Patiala police following a complaint filed by oneBakshish Singh of Balbehra village in Punjab in 2003.

The complainant had alleged that he had been duped by the Mehndi brotherswho received lakhs of rupees from him on the pretext of sending him abroadas a member of the troupe of Daler Mehndi. The Punjabi pop singer wasarrested after the case was registered but was released on bail after a fewdays.

Shamsher died in October 2017 after suffering from jaundice. Shamsher was apart of brother Daler Mehndi’s troupe and performed at several stage shows.

He was also a songwriter and record producer. After the case wasregistered, several others had also come forward with similar complaintsagainst the two brothers.