Source – gulfnews.com
Patna: Police in Bihar have arrested a man who would pose as a eunuch in order to assault women. The accused would seek alms in trains while in his disguise, police said.
His crime came to light after the police arrested the man on Tuesday in connection with the rape and murder of a middle-aged Dalit woman in eastern Bihar’s Katihar district.
The body of the woman was found abandoned at a deserted place in Katihar on Sunday. During the course of the investigation, the police found out that the woman was last seen with the eunuch. Subsequently, the police attempted to raid his home but it was locked.
He was finally arrested from neighbouring Bhagalpur district on the basis of his mobile location after he refused to receive repeated calls from the police.
Initially he tried to mislead the police but when the latter applied force, he cracked and confessed to raping and killing the woman with the help of two accomplices. His subsequent medical examination confirmed he was a man, and not transgender. Police said the accused had been living as a eunuch in the locality for a long time and no one suspected him.
“The man had dressed himself as a eunuch to prey on women and satiate his sexual desire,” a senior police official Anil Kumar said on Wednesday.
The police official said initially they were hesitant in arresting the man but finally took him under custody after finding that he was a male posing as a transgender to sexually exploit women. He has been sent to jail.