The Bengaluru police stated Tuesday they’ve arrested three males, together with the sufferer’s boyfriend, for allegedly killing a 45-year-old trans girl earlier this month from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
In keeping with the police, the arrested males have been recognized as Jagadeesh, 29; Prabhakar, 34; and Sushanth, 32, all residents of Bengaluru. The police stated the physique of Naveen Kumar alias Tanushree was present in a decomposed state at her house underneath the Okay R Puram police limits on April 20.
It’s learnt that Jagadeesh, who’s married and lives along with his spouse and kids, and Tanushree have been in a relationship for the previous few years. The police stated Tanushree and Jagadeesh met at a public occasion, and that the sufferer just lately began asking him to marry her. Jagadeesh, who works as a cab driver, was additionally being pressured by Tanushree’s buddies to marry her.
The police stated Tanushree additionally threatened to share some non-public movies along with his household and buddies, and likewise even confronted him at his home with different transgender individuals. Jagadeesh then determined to kill Tanushree, stated the police.
On April 17, Jagadeesh visited Tanushree’s home with the opposite accused, and had a celebration. He then allegedly stabbed her to dying, and all three left for a non secular journey to Tirupati, the place they shaved their heads, in keeping with the police.
In keeping with the grievance filed by R Pradeep Kumar, the brother of Tanushree, who underwent a gender surgical procedure in 2014, labored with NGOs. Kumar stated Tanushree advised her relations that she had married Jagadeesh.
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