Rahat fined Rs 15 lakh

New Delhi: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been slapped a fine of Rs 15 lakh for trying to board a flight with excess and undeclared foreign currency.
The customs department has also asked his manager Maroof to pay the same amount.
The duo is expected to pay up and leave India tonight.
Khan and his 16-member troupe were arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on February 13 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. He was carrying undeclared cash worth $1,24,000 (Rs 55 lakh) in cash and two demand drafts while trying to board a flight to Lahore via Dubai. The maximum permissible amount a traveller can carry abroad is $5,000 in cash and $5000 more in other instruments, like traveller’s cheques — this amount would come to around Rs 4.5 lakh. Not declaring any excess amount is an offence.
20/02/11 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Feb 2011, Foreign Feb 2011