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Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was on Monday arrested in Dubai over a defamation complaint by his former manager, Geo TV reported. Khan, who was in Dubai for a musical collaboration, was detained at the immigration centre and taken into police custody for questioning. Rahat’s former manager Ahmed had submitted complaints against him to the Dubai authorities, the report said, citing people in the singer’s management company.
GeoTV reported that defamation via social media is a serious offence in Dubai. In 2019, a court in Dubai reportedly sentenced an individual to a fine of AED250,000 and six months in prison after being convicted of defamation and abuse through social media. The convict had posted offensive comments and altered images of another person.
Earlier this year, Khan found himself at the centre of a controversy after a video of him allegedly slapping a person went viral on social media. In the purported video, Khan was seen repeatedly hitting and slapping the man, whom he later identified as his protege Naveed Hasnain, with a slipper asking “Where is my bottle?”
Source – PTI
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