The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested seven transgenders for allegedly assaulting a Naga Baba at Khandagiri in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
A case has been registered in this connection under Sections 307, 385, 506, 431, 323 and 294 of IPC. A video featuring some transgenders stripping the Baba and beating him at his ashram had gone viral on social media platforms. A group of around 10 transgenders barged into the Baba’s ashram in the Khandagiri area and battered him with broom and punches till he fell down on the ground.
As per sources, the Commissionerate police have launched a drive to flush out the transgenders from ‘Kinnar Haat’, where they have allegedly been involved in soliciting customers.
A few days ago, the Khandagiri police had driven away the transgenders from the area, for which they had sought refuge at the Baba’s ashram. However, the Baba didn’t allow them which led to an altercation between him and them. The transgenders later teamed up and launched the assault on the Baba after allegedly stripping him.