Bollywood’s famous singer Udit Narayan hasappeared in Jalandhar court in the case of misappropriation of governmentfunds. In the year 2011, during the birth centenary celebrations ofShaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh in Nawanshahr, a case of misappropriation ofgovernment funds came to the fore. In which the then Divisional CommissionerSwaran Singh, owner of JS Enterprises Vikas Mehra resident of Faridabad, Sanjayresident of Faridabad and Satveer Singh Bajwa resident of Chandigarh werenominated. Udit Narayan appeared in the court of District and Sessions JudgeRupinderjit Chahal in Jalandhar to testify in this case.
In this regard, Senior Advocate SanjeevBansal told that Udit Narayan was a testimony in this case. Udit Narayan toldthe court that one lakh rupees had been fixed to invite him to this gathering.A check for the same amount was also given to him. Apart from this, 12 lakhrupees were given to his team. He confirmed this fact before the court. Thecase was registered on the complaint of Surjit Singh Grewal, the then SSP ofVigilance Bureau.
Advocate Sanjeev Bansal told that during thebirth centenary celebrations of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh in Nawanshahr,Swaran Singh had misused the government funds by taking advantage of hisposition. About Rs 3 crore 15 lakh was misappropriated in this governmentfunction. After which a case was registered against all of them. For thisgathering, Swaran Singh had also called other actors to make their mark inBollywood. They were given less amount but were cheated by showing more of thepapers. In the coming days, the testimony of more singers and artists will berecorded in this case. The next hearing of the case will be on September 29.
Narayan is famous for his songs in Bollywoodfilms like ‘Ilu Ilu’ from the movie ‘Saudagar’(1991), ‘Saat Samundar Paar’ from‘Vishwatma’ (1992),’Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ from ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ (1994),‘Yeh Bandhan Toh’ from the famous 1995 movie ‘Karan Arjun’, to name a few. Hissongs are heard even till date. He has even sung in languages including Telugu,Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Bengali.