Over $200,000 were recovered from the singer’s business manager’s office. Consecutively, the Pakistani High Commission took the matter up with the Department of Revenue Intelligence. Khan and his manager have now been released

Subhash K Jha and Lakshmi Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 15, 2011)

It’s finally over. On Sunday evening, hours after Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained at Delhi airport for carrying a large amount of unaccounted money, IT officials paid a visit to his Indian business manager Chitresh Shrivastava, Bollywood composer Aadesh Shrivastava’s brother.

Chitresh’s office, his home and his close relatives’ homes were raided and $200,000 were recovered.

The singer and his manager have now been released. It was learnt that Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Sharat Sabarwal and discussed the matter on Sunday.

Yogen Shah Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

The Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi set up a special team to liaise with the Department of Revenue Intelligence, which had detained Rahat.

The Home Secretaries of India and Pakistan had also planned to meet next month.

But there was light at the end of the tunnel for Rahat. This however does not resolve the question why was so much money lying around at Rahat’s manager’s home? Says a source from the music industry, “Chitresh dada works only for Rahat saab.

Obviously, such a huge amount of cash in American currency would be credited only More >