According to Pakistani media reports, popular Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been arrested at Dubai airport. His former manager Salman Ahmed has filed several complaints against him, after which he was immediately detained at Dubai airport and taken to the police station for questioning. After the arrest, the singer has been taken to Burj Dubai Police Station. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been performing at many events in Dubai for the last few days.
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However, just hours after this news, a video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan surfaced, in which he denied the news of his arrest. In the video, he said, ‘I have come to Dubai to record my songs. All the work on my songs is going well. Everything is fine here. I am just requesting my fans not to trust whatever rumors are coming out. There is nothing like that. I am working on many songs and will soon be back with a superhit song, which will be spread all over the world. False news and rumors are being spread about me, I request all of you not to trust it. Don’t waste your time on such rumors being spread by my enemies. Keep your faith in me. You are my strength. My audience and my fans are my strength. I love you all.’
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Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was arrested in Dubai on Monday on a defamation complaint by his former manager. Rahat was in Dubai for a music event, he was immediately detained and taken to the police station for questioning. The report quoted people from the singer’s management company as saying that Rahat’s former manager Ahmed had filed a complaint against him with the Dubai authorities.
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GeoTV reported that defamation through social media is a serious offense in Dubai. In 2019, a Dubai court reportedly sentenced a man to a fine of AED250,000 and six months in jail after he was convicted of defamation and abuse through social media. The convict had posted offensive comments and morphed photos of a man. Earlier this year, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan landed in a controversy when a video of him allegedly slapping a man went viral on social media. In the alleged video, the singer was seen repeatedly hitting the man, who he later revealed to be his student Naved Hasnain.