Asha Sainy gets green signal to travel abroad

Actress Asha Shiny, accused of being involved in a US visa racket, was yesterday allowed by the Madras High Court to travel abroad. 'Thanks to the Madras High Court's order to return my passport and allowing foreign travel, I can continue my career without worries,' said Asha Sainy. The 29-year-old actress also thanked the office-bearers of South Indian Artistes' Association for their intervention into the matter.

Asha Saini was arrested in March with false papers for attempting to smuggle another woman out to the US as her make-up artist. Within days, the US consulate in Chennai had announced that it had detected visa frauds by artists in the Tamil and Telugu film industry and was imposing a lifetime ban on travel to the US on 200 people. Asha Sainy was later released on bail. The actress has done an item number in superstar Rajnikanth's forthcoming release Kathanayakudu.