Vijayapura: The incident in which a transgender being assaulted by other transgenders at Old Bus Stand here on July 21 has taken a turn with a police case filed by the victim herself, on Friday. Superintendent of police Rishikesh Sonawane told reporters that the victim is a woman, not a transgender, as reported by a section of the media. “The 21-year-old woman hails from a village near Vijayapura and had stayed with the accused transgenders in Pune for a while in the past. As they developed some differences, they assaulted her.
We have arrested G Huligemma, 26, of Basavanna Camp in Koppal district; Kavitha Balaji Khalase, 26, of Satala, Latur district; Mahanamma alias Basamma Kurimani, 48, Narayanapura, Yadagiri district; Ashwini Yamanappa Harijan, 23, of Konnur, Vijayapura district; Basamma Sanganna Ambiger, 28, of Narayanapura, Yadagiri district and a resident of in Pune. A search for another absconding transgender,” he said. In her complaint filed at Golgumbaz police station, the woman has stated that she was born as a female but was observing some changes in her body for a year. “I came in touch with transgenders during my visits to Pune. had introduced myself as a male and I fell in love with Ashwini, a transgender. When accused transgenders learnt that I am a female, they assaulted me on at 11am on July 21 at a hotel near the bus stand,” she stated.
A video of the transgenders assaulting her, stripping her and throwing chilli powder on her private parts had gone viral. However, no case was registered in this regard util Aug 1 came and filed the complaint. She said that she delayed filing the complaint as she was undergoing gender conversion therapy.
The SP claimed that as soon as the complaint was filed, he formed a special team under guidance of additional SPs Shankar Marihal and Ramanagouda Hatti, DSP Basavaraj and involving inspectors Mallayya Mathapati and SR Hangaragi. “The team arrested five accused within 24 hours of the complaint was registered,” he added.
Courtesy: Times of India
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