In Ramanathapuram Tamil Nadu a transgender police constable is admitted to hospital after she attempted suicide on camera. R Nasriya, 22, YO is the first transgender police constable in Ramanathapuram district. She alleged three of her superior are harassing her at the workplace.
R Nasriya, who joined the police force in August this year after fighting legal battle. She shot a video and posted it on WhatsApp on Monday night. She said I was taking the extreme step as the three superiors “misbehaved indecently” and ‘teased’ her.
Police rushed to her place after seeing the video and rushed her to the local government hospital where after being a stomach wash her condition is okay. Om Prakash Meena orders the departmental inquiry by a DSP rank official in the case.
In the video, she named the three police officers saying that these behaved indecently and made me suffer a lot by teasing and torturing. Friends, please share this clipping with others and get the officials responsible for my death punished,” she said in her video. She also stated that Inspector Muthuramalingam, SSI Jayaseelan and writer Parthiban would be responsible.
Police said the constable was recently shifted to the passport section in the SP office after she had complained about harassment. However, she did not report for duty and resorted to the suicide attempt.
Police also said that she made a similar complaint a few months ago against some of her superior to the DSP Om Prakash Meena. The complaint was closed by deputy superintendent who inquired into it since he had found the allegations to be false.
