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Well, well, almost missed this human trafficking case didn't we?
Telengana party in trafficking turmoil

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Andhra Pradesh police have launched a search for Telengana Rashtra Samiti MLA Kasipeta Lingaiah for alleged involvement in a human trafficking case.

Late tonight, the party suspended <b>A. Narendra, the No. 2 in the TRS hierarchy </b>and <b>former Union minister</b>, for alleged links to the racket.

A CID team is probing charges that Lingaiah, an MLA from Nerella in Karimnagar, obtained a passport in January for another woman in his wife Tara’s name. A fake ration card was allegedly furnished with the passport application for the purpose of identification.

The 55-year-old lawmaker has been absconding for the past two days from his Karimnagar and Hyderabad homes. A CID official said his mobile phone is switched off.

<b>Police sources said Lingaiah had given a letter from chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy</b> to the chief of the US embassy’s consular section to ensure that the visa for his “wife” was issued quickly.
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