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Title: Transgender alleges harassment by police
Post by: Butterfly on December 22, 2010, 05:17:43 PM
Transgender alleges harassment by police
The Times of India
23 December, 2010


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Transgender-alleges-harassment-by-police/articleshow/7147812.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Transgender-alleges-harassment-by-police/articleshow/7147812.cms)


CHENNAI: A 21-year-old  transgender lodged a complaint with police commissioner T Rajendran on Wednesday alleging harassment by personnel from the Anna Square police station.

Sabitha in her complaint said she and four other transgenders had, around 7 pm on Tuesday, gone to the Marina beach where four police personnel asked them to leave.

"The others with me fled but I was caught. One constable caught hold of my saree and harassed me. The others hit me with lathis and after this I could not walk," said Sabitha, a graduate.