Guwahati: A transgender man from lower Assam has been arrested goalpara From causing public nuisance, committing obscene acts inside a police station, extorting money from bus passengers, assaulting a woman or using criminal force with the intention of undressing, making criminal intimidation and currently following the direction of the Disaster Management Authority The district in charge of denying the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the state. “A 30-year-old woman on her way home from Guwahati to Goalpara town on Monday afternoon complained that some transgender persons had harassed passengers by extorting money. She said that a transgender, who was not even wearing a face mask, spat on her when she refused to pay. We have arrested the accused.” imdadur hussain, OC of Dhupdhara police station.
The officer said that the accused Ashad Ali alias Rekha had also posed nude inside the police station to prove that the accused is indeed a transgender. “The accused is presently in police custody and will be produced before the court on Wednesday,” Hussain said.
Meanwhile, the woman told TOI that her main concern was “spitting on him” amid the current COVID-19 situation. “It is dangerous. They were violating the Covid-19 norms and extorting money from passengers,” she said. Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) GP Singh directed SP VV Rakesh Reddy to take stock of the matter Is.
The officer said that the accused Ashad Ali alias Rekha had also posed nude inside the police station to prove that the accused is indeed a transgender. “The accused is presently in police custody and will be produced before the court on Wednesday,” Hussain said.
Meanwhile, the woman told TOI that her main concern was “spitting on him” amid the current COVID-19 situation. “It is dangerous. They were violating the Covid-19 norms and extorting money from passengers,” she said. Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) GP Singh directed SP VV Rakesh Reddy to take stock of the matter Is.
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