Bangalore: Police arrest transsexuals

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Police arrest transsexuals, brawl ensues

21 Oct 2008, 0156 hrs IST, TNN

BANGALORE: A drive against transsexuals on Monday landed the police

in a soup at Banashankari. Activists working with transsexuals

protested in front

of Banashankari police station, demanding the release of six members

who were arrested.

At 3.30 pm, the Girinagar police arrested six transsexuals who were

collecting money near traffic signals and from shopkeepers. Trouble

began at 4.30 pm, when activists went to the Banashankari ACP's

office, urging him to release the arrested persons. When the police

refused to release them, a heated argument ensued between the two

groups, and the police arrested the activists also.

An hour later, more activists from organisations like Sangama, Samara

and Garment and Textiles Workers' Association staged a protest in

front of the police station. The police arrested them too.

Manohar, from Sangama, said the police brutally attacked the

activists as well as the transsexuals. But DCP (South) S Ravi denied

any such charge. " We had started a drive against transsexuals and

picked up some of them. We tried to explain to the activists, but

when they started obstructing our work, we had to arrest them too''

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