Transgender kidnapped, assaulted in Peshawar

Shah Faisal

PESHAWAR: Unknown men allegedly sexually abused a transgender identified as Naina and make her objectionable video too after kidnapping here in Peshawar, on Thursday.

The transgender, Naina said that, she was on the way back from function when two motor cars intercepted her vehicle and the assailants took her to an unidentified place where they sexually assault her.

She also alleged that the accused cut her hair too and snatched Rs 100000 cash from her.

The police failed to arrest the culprits involved in the gruesome incident. The transgender community of Peshawar urged authorities to look into the matter and ensure the provision of justice at the earliest.

According to the president of transgender rights group TransAction Alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Farzana Ilyas, said that in the last four or five years, more than 500 transgender individuals have been raped and 78 murdered since 2015.