In yet another case of sexual violence against transgender persons, a dancer was gang-raped by men and then beaten with sticks in Punjab's Chunian.
Footage of the transgender person being mercilessly beaten went viral sparking uproar with netizens calling for action against the culprits.
The 'victim' can be seen tied upside down from the ceiling and being beaten with sticks by some men as she pleads with them to stop.
The victim filed a complaint with the City Police Station, saying that some people had called them to perform at a function. However, the complainant alleged that they were subjected to gangrape for three days by the suspects instead.
The transgender said that officials of the City Police Station had thrown out the case after registering it initially upon their complaint.
A spokesperson of the police said that the Kasur DPO had formed an inquiry committee on the transgender's request.
On November 18,2020,Police registered a case against three armed men who allegedly abducted and physically assaulted a transgender person on Nadwala Road.
Police said the suspects, after abducting the victims, cut off the hair and snatched cash, a mobile phone among other valuables.
Police started raids to arrest the accused.
The case registered by a transgender gender person, a resident of Chak No 217, Rub Chakera. She complained that she had gone to Nadwala bungalow for some work.
On her way back, she was abducted at gunpoint by Shahid Imran, a resident Mandi Bahauddin, Zahid Irfan and Muhammad Yar, a resident of Sargodha.
The suspects took the victim to a crop field near Manda Pind and beat her.
They snatched 1.5 tola of gold jewelry, earrings, Rs18,000 cash and a mobile phone.
The suspect also cut her hair off and when she shouted at them for the heinous crime, they beat her. The accused then fled from the crime scene.
Police registered a case against the accused under Sections 337 V-382/34 and started searching for them.
