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01-31-2019, 05:27 AM
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notice to famous Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in connection with a foreign exchange violation case against him. As per the investigation till now, the notice was served for the violation of country’s forex funds to the tune of Rs2 crore; which comes under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
The ED confirmed that the Pakistani singer has been asked to reply to the notice within 45 days. The notice has been sent to him for illegal possession of foreign currency over the stipulated limit.
The case had started in 2011 when Khan was intercepted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence when he and his manager Maroof Ali Khan were allegedly carrying an undeclared amount of $1.24 lakh in foreign currency at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Later, the DRI forwarded the case to the ED for further investigation.
The ED, which is the central agency to probe such forex contraventions under the FEMA, took over the case and continued further investigation. The ED said in a written statement, A show-cause notice for the contravention of section 3(a) and section 6(3) of FEMA, 1999 read with Regulation 5 and 7 (2b) of Foreign Exchange Management (export and import of currency) Regulations, 2000 for an approximate amount of Rs 2.61 crore, has been issued to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof Ali.
Both the Pakistani nationals were dealings with foreign exchange illegally. The Enforcement Directorate has also served notices to a few other Indians for helping Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in violating the FEMA rules. These people were charged under the same notice for their involvement in supplying of the foreign currency unauthorisedly.
The agency revealed, Khan had engaged late Chitresh Shrivastava as global event manager, who used to collect payments on his behalf for various shows performed by him in India. Major part of these payments was received in cash. These cash amounts were illegally converted into US dollars through unauthorised sources by Shrivastava and the same were handed over to Khan, the ED added.
According to records with the ED, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had illegally received $3,40,000 in India through unauthorised sources. With the help of his event manager and support of his manager, Khan had illegally taken out $2,25,000 out of India before being intercepted by DRI in 2011.
The singer, who has been grilled by the Enforcement Directorate in this case in the past, had denied any wrongdoing saying they were carrying a large amount of cash because they were travelling in a group and the act was inadvertent. Khan’s songs are popular chartbusters in a number of Hindi movies.
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The ED confirmed that the Pakistani singer has been asked to reply to the notice within 45 days. The notice has been sent to him for illegal possession of foreign currency over the stipulated limit.
The case had started in 2011 when Khan was intercepted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence when he and his manager Maroof Ali Khan were allegedly carrying an undeclared amount of $1.24 lakh in foreign currency at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Later, the DRI forwarded the case to the ED for further investigation.
The ED, which is the central agency to probe such forex contraventions under the FEMA, took over the case and continued further investigation. The ED said in a written statement, A show-cause notice for the contravention of section 3(a) and section 6(3) of FEMA, 1999 read with Regulation 5 and 7 (2b) of Foreign Exchange Management (export and import of currency) Regulations, 2000 for an approximate amount of Rs 2.61 crore, has been issued to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof Ali.
Both the Pakistani nationals were dealings with foreign exchange illegally. The Enforcement Directorate has also served notices to a few other Indians for helping Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in violating the FEMA rules. These people were charged under the same notice for their involvement in supplying of the foreign currency unauthorisedly.
The agency revealed, Khan had engaged late Chitresh Shrivastava as global event manager, who used to collect payments on his behalf for various shows performed by him in India. Major part of these payments was received in cash. These cash amounts were illegally converted into US dollars through unauthorised sources by Shrivastava and the same were handed over to Khan, the ED added.
According to records with the ED, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan had illegally received $3,40,000 in India through unauthorised sources. With the help of his event manager and support of his manager, Khan had illegally taken out $2,25,000 out of India before being intercepted by DRI in 2011.
The singer, who has been grilled by the Enforcement Directorate in this case in the past, had denied any wrongdoing saying they were carrying a large amount of cash because they were travelling in a group and the act was inadvertent. Khan’s songs are popular chartbusters in a number of Hindi movies.
Also read: Patna: Enforcement Directorate serves (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aap-patna-enforcement-directorate-notice-priyadarshi-group-961097-2017-02-16)eviction (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aap-patna-enforcement-directorate-notice-priyadarshi-group-961097-2017-02-16) notice to AAP office in Krishna Puri (https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aap-patna-enforcement-directorate-notice-priyadarshi-group-961097-2017-02-16)
ALSO WATCH| AR Rahman to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: All the musical moments from The Kapil Sharma Show (https://www.indiatoday.in/television/video/ar-rahman-to-rahat-fateh-ali-khan-all-the-musical-moments-from-the-kapil-sharma-show-lifetv-445842-2016-09-06)
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