Two groups of transgenders in Nungambakkam one on the stretch from Taj Connemara to a State Bank of India branch on Mahatma Gandhi Road and the other near Loyola College are said to be literally giving sleepless nights to women passing by or those waiting for transport.
Many women say a bunch of transgenders hang around the area, notorious for the lack of policing after 8 pm, to be picked up by drunk men. The latter coming in search of the trangenders then gesture to women waiting there, stop their cars and bikes and harass them.
A journalist waiting for an autorickshaw last week was subjected to such behaviour but said she managed to hop on to an autorickshaw and flee before the situation could turn ugly. An ongoing con by the transgenders, locals say, is to get into a car and go for a drive. Later, when their identity is revealed and they are asked to get off, the transgenders demand money. In case the men refuse, a gang following the car in an autorickshaw attacks them, the locals add. These cases go unreported since the victim is too embarrassed to approach the police.
Source http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/chennai/28658416_1_transgenders-autorickshaw-rowdy-elements
Many women say a bunch of transgenders hang around the area, notorious for the lack of policing after 8 pm, to be picked up by drunk men. The latter coming in search of the trangenders then gesture to women waiting there, stop their cars and bikes and harass them.
A journalist waiting for an autorickshaw last week was subjected to such behaviour but said she managed to hop on to an autorickshaw and flee before the situation could turn ugly. An ongoing con by the transgenders, locals say, is to get into a car and go for a drive. Later, when their identity is revealed and they are asked to get off, the transgenders demand money. In case the men refuse, a gang following the car in an autorickshaw attacks them, the locals add. These cases go unreported since the victim is too embarrassed to approach the police.
Source http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/chennai/28658416_1_transgenders-autorickshaw-rowdy-elements
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