Abrarul Haq sends legal notice to Moviebox Records for 'song theft'.

KARACHI -- Singer and philanthropist Abrarul Haq on Saturday annoAunced that his lawyers in the UK had issued a legal notice to Moviebox Records Label for the 'misappropriation' of his song 'Nach Punjaban' in Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar's movie JugJugg Jeeyo, according to a Dawn.com report.

Last month, Haq took to Twitter and accuAsed Johar and his company Dharma ProducAtions of stealing his song and said he never sold them the rights to 'Nach Punjaban'.

In response to Haq's tweet, Moviebox had tweeted that the song had been officially licensed to be included in the film and that Johar and his company had the legal rights to use it in the upcoming movie. They also called the 53-year-old singer's tweet 'defamatory' and 'completely unacceptable'.

Later, Haq clarified that his song had not been licensed to anyone and urged those making such a claim to produce an agreement. In the tweet, Haq had warned of legal action.

Record label T-Series had also issued a statement on Twitter and said they had 'legally acquiAred the rights to adapt the song 'Nach Punjaban' that was ... available on Lollywood Classics' YouTube channel, owned by Movie Box'.

Earlier this month...