The police will take action against aggressive begging by hijras, City Police Commissioner Shankar M. Bidari said here on Monday.
“Eunuchs, transsexuals, transgender community and others are pestering motorists for money at traffic junctions and indulging in illegal activities. We have received several complaints against them and will take stringent against them if they harass the people,” he told presspersons. “No one has the right to extort money from the public on roads and at traffic junctions.”
According to an Assistant Commissioner of Police, the police have been receiving complaints against eunuchs and other sexual minorities. They are misbehaving with the motorists and also general public at parks. The police will launch a special drive against sexual minorities who are found harassing the general public at public places.
Sangama reacts
Meanwhile, Akkai, an activist of Sangama, the sexuality minorities' human rights organisation, said a small section of sexuality minorities may be indulging in such illegal activities. “But that should not be taken as a reason to harass the innocent,” Ms. Akkai said.