The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a New Delhi-based NGO, said in an open letter to Indian authorities that Chandramukhi Muvvala had been “untraceable since Tuesday morning.”
“She went missing the day after starting her election campaign and there is concern that she may have been kidnapped,” the group said. Sampoorna India, a trans and intersex pressure group, said a report had been filed with police in Banjara Hills by Chandramukhi’s daughter, Sonam Rathod, on Tuesday, and judges had issued a writ of habeas corpus for her.
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Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the case.Voters in Telangana go to the polls early next month to elect new state legislators, along with four other regions, races which are seen as something of a barometer for the upcoming general election in 2019.
Source: Indian transgender political candidate missing, feared kidnapped
