Last Updated:October 02, 2025, 17:34 IST

Daler Mehndi was sentenced to two years in prison in March 2018 in connection to a human trafficking case.

Daler Mehndi’s wife Taran says the singer also got no support from Bollywood during his legal cases.

Daler Mehndi’s wife, Taran, has opened up on the time when the Punjab singer was jailed. Mehndi was sentenced to two years in prison in March 2018 in connection to a human trafficking case. However, he was released on bail shortly after being arrested. Later in July 2022, a court dismissed his appeal, upholding the two-year sentence. This time, his sentence was suspended by the Punjab and Haryana high court and the singer was granted bail in September 2022.

In a recent interview posted on Taran’s own YouTube channel, she recalled what happened when she visited Daler in jail with their children. Describing the experience as “traumatic”, Taran shared that it was a very difficult time, but it was her elder daughter who asked them to be strong.

“This episode changed a lot of things for us. It shouldn’t have happened. It’s a trauma for all of us. Everybody told me not to take our youngest daughter to Patiala, to meet him in jail. I told them, ‘You don’t even know her equation with her dad’. She had to meet him. Our oldest daughter said that everyone would have to be strong, even though we were all down and out,” she said.

“This was when he was put behind bars. After we met him, one by one, all of us broke down. But our youngest daughter didn’t shed a single tear. Instead, she asked, ‘Is the bed sheet clean? Is the toilet clean?’ And that’s when Daler ji broke down. Look at the consciousness of this child. She loves her non-veg food, but because she knew that her father wasn’t getting proper meals, she refused to eat at home,” she added.

Daler Mehndi’s wife also mentioned that during this difficult time, nobody from the film industry came forward to help them. Asked if she felt let down by the same, Taran explained, “This is an industry. It is not a brotherhood. I don’t think the industry even paid attention to what was happening. This is how the industry operates. There are a few friends, like Suniel Shetty and Ahmed Khan. And there is no one in the industry who holds a grudge against him.”

Chirag Sehgal

Chirag Sehgal works as a Senior Sub-Editor in the Entertainment team at News18.com. With an experience of five years in the media industry, he largely focuses on Indian television coverage. Apart from bringing …Read More

Chirag Sehgal works as a Senior Sub-Editor in the Entertainment team at News18.com. With an experience of five years in the media industry, he largely focuses on Indian television coverage. Apart from bringing … Read More