Cong ex-MLA held for trafficking 3 people to US on fake documents

Hyderabad, September 11

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A former Congress MLA has been arrested for allegedly trafficking three people to the United States on the basis of forged documents while holding the public representative’s post in 2004, police said on Tuesday.

Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy, former MLA of Sanga Reddy, was arrested on Monday night based on information that he allegedly obtained passports in 2004 for himself and three others in the name of his wife, daughter and son by affixing photos of three unidentified people from Regional Passport office, Secunderabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Zone) B Sumathi said.

Reddy, after obtaining the passports and US visa, allegedly illegally transported the three by accompanying them and took Rs 15 lakh from an agent, they said.

A suo motu case was registered under relevant IPC sections and under the Passport Act and Immigration Act at Market Police Station here on Monday night, she said.

“The accused took Rs 15 lakh from an agent and trafficked three unidentified people to the United States by accompanying them as family members and dropped them in New York,” the DCP said.

The accused cheated the authorities at the Regional Passport office as well as the US Consulate by using his official position as an MLA then by submitting forged documents, the police official added. PTI