Nine arrested for brutally torturing transgender person in Sialkot
A case was registered against the suspects belonging to Tinda Group.
SIALKOT (Dunya News) – In a swift action on Monday, Sialkot police have arrested nine suspects including prime accused Jajja after a video of a transgender person being flogged was shared thousands of times on social media..
A case was registered against the suspects belonging to ‘Tinda Group’.
The gang’s leader, identified as Jajja Butt, is seen in the video flogging the transgender person, who lay face down on a cot screaming in pain.
At one point, while another gang member continues the flogging, Butt places his foot on the victim’s neck and twists his arms.
Reportedly, prime accused Jajja Butt mercilessly thrashed the victim for organizing a function without his permission. Tinda Group has forbidden the transgender community to do any function without its permission.
Notorious Jajja and his accomplices had abducted four transgender people Adeeba, Dillagi, Hina, Adil and Shanaya. They were taken to suspect Azeemu’s farmhouse in Kotli and subjected to brutal torture.
“They used to torture us with burning cigarettes and abuse us. They have also shaved heads of some of my friends,” a victim told Dunya News.
Transgender person slaps a suspect to vent her anger
Police have named 18 suspects in the First Information Report (FIR) while nine of them have been detained so far.
As outcasts, transgender people are often forced into begging, dancing and even prostitution to earn money. They also live in fear of attacks, causing most to either change their names or use only one name to give them anonymity in the society.
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