Himachal Pradesh: Transgender Complains Youth Sexually Abused On Pretext Of Marriage In Solan, Probe On

Himachal Pradesh Police have initiated investigations based on the complaint of a transgender, who claimed that she befriended a youth on social media in 2020 and had underwent a sex change surgery to marry him.

Solan (Himachal Pradesh):A transgender from Punjab has lodged a police complaint against a Himachal Pradesh-based youth, who allegedly sexually abused her on the pretext of marriage. The complainant claimed that she even underwent a sex-change surgery to get married to the youth but the latter refused.

In a complaint registered at the women police station in Himachal Pradesh's Baddi, the transgender stated that she had befriended the youth, who hailed from Solan district on social media. She said that she had told the youth everything about her being a transgender but the youth kept talking to her.

Then, the youth started maintaining a physical relationship with her by luring her of marriage. When she asked the youth for complete the formalities of court marriage, he refused.

After this, the victim lodged a complaint with the Women's Cell in Punjab. She underwent a sex change surgery and once again approached the youth, who now refused her saying his family was not agreeing to their marriage.

Sometime later she came to know that the youth was getting engaged and immediately tried to contact him and his family members. However, despite repeatedly trying to contact them over phone, her calls went unanswered.

DSP Women Police Station Baddi, Lakhbir said that the complainant hails from Punjab and the youth is a resident of Barotiwala area in Baddi.

"The allegations will be investigated. It is only after a medical examination is conducted that it can be confirmed whether she had undergone a sex change surgery or not. Two teams have been set up to probe the matter. One team is conducting investigations at the local level and the other has been sent to Punjab," the DSP said.

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