Transgender residents of the city on Monday staged a sit-in to protest the Bani police for what they claimed was the release of a man suspected of attempting to kill on their community members. Members of the local transgender community said that they had complained to the police against Nauman and his accomplices for an attempt to murder. They asserted that the police collected evidence from the crime scene but later termed all suspects as innocent and let them go. When asked about Pathani’s allegations, SP Iqbal said that some members of the transgender community wanted to pressurise the police by staging protests. Terming the protest as unwarranted, he warned that the police will be forced to take action against the transgender people for filing a fake case.

Source: The Express Tribune November 24, 2020 03:56 UTC