Rahat Fateh Ali heads home from India

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will fly home from India on Monday after paying a fine of $33,216 for carrying large quantities of cash out of the country, an embassy official said. Khan, 37, was charged at the weekend with carrying undeclared foreign currency in violation of Indias Foreign Exchange Management Act and customs rules. He is rated as one of the top singers in Bollywood. The musician, a nephew of late Pakistani legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and his group were boarding a plane to Lahore via Dubai on February 13 when authorities found $124,000 in cash in their bags.

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