The Commissionerate police on Saturday arrested and forwarded to court six transgenders on the charge of attacking on-duty police personnel in Bhubaneswar.
The arrested transgenders were identified as Raju Behera alias Rini (19), Sagar Das alias Shalini (21), Papun Sethi alias Rupa (19) and Nanda Jena alias Suni of Kargil slum in the Pokhariput area, Tofan Nayak alias Dipali (19) of Tarini slum and Sujit Mallick alias Rehana (19) of Kalinga Studio area in Ghatikia.
An attempt to murder case against all the six accused has been registered and they were forwarded to court, police said. The incident took place on Friday night when the transgenders tried to loot a passenger near the bus stand. As Havildar Dinesh Biswal, posted at the Baramunda police outpost, tried to prevent them, they attacked him and hit him with an iron rod on the head.
When the Havildar shouted for help, some locals nabbed the transgenders and informed the Bharatpur police who rushed to the spot and arrested them. The victim, who sustained serious injury on the head, was admitted to the Capital Hospital.
“Six transgenders have been arrested for assaulting a policeman at the Baramunda Bus Stand. An attempt to murder case under Section 307 against the accused has been registered. They have been forwarded to court,” said DCP Umashankar Dash. “Police patrolling has been intensified in the capital city and we are keeping an eye on the activities of the transgenders at night to prevent any anti-social activities,” added Dash.