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An Indian MP is facing charges of forgery and fraud after being arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a woman and her son to Canada.An Indian MP is facing charges of forgery and fraud after being arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle a woman and her son to Canada.
Babubhai Katara was stopped by immigration authorities at Delhi airport after apparently trying to pass off the woman as his wife.Babubhai Katara was stopped by immigration authorities at Delhi airport after apparently trying to pass off the woman as his wife.
Babubhai Katara is an MP for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.Babubhai Katara is an MP for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.
He was stopped on Wednesday at Delhi's Indira Gandhi international airport before boarding a flight to Toronto.He was stopped on Wednesday at Delhi's Indira Gandhi international airport before boarding a flight to Toronto.
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Officials say he was stopped along with Paramjit Kaur, 30, and a 14-year-old boy identified as Amarjeet Singh. His arrest comes at a time when questions have been about the personal integrity of many MPs.
Parliament has been the centre of several corruption scandals
Last year 11 MPs were allegedly caught on camera asking for money to ask questions in parliament.
Officials say Mr Katara was stopped along with Paramjit Kaur, 30, and a 14-year-old boy identified as Amarjeet Singh.
"He tried to pass them off as his wife and child," police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told the Reuters news agency."He tried to pass them off as his wife and child," police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told the Reuters news agency.
All three were taken into custody.All three were taken into custody.
The authorities say that Ms Kaur was travelling on a diplomatic passport made out in the name of the MP's wife.The authorities say that Ms Kaur was travelling on a diplomatic passport made out in the name of the MP's wife.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that officials became suspicious after they realised that the photographs in the passport did not match. Officials became suspicious after they realised that the photographs in the passport did not match.
Mr Katara, an MP from the western state of Gujarat, is due in court where he faces charges of forgery and fraud - which are imprisonable offences.Mr Katara, an MP from the western state of Gujarat, is due in court where he faces charges of forgery and fraud - which are imprisonable offences.
He has also been suspended from his party.He has also been suspended from his party.