Doctor among two booked over 'gender change' surgery in UP
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 20: Two people, including a doctor, have been booked after "gender change" surgery was allegedly performed on a young man without his consent, police said.
The youth, about 20-year-old, was brought to a private hospital here by Om Prakash who had been sexually assaulting him for the past two years, according to a complaint lodged by the victim’s father.
Police said the victim had been missing from his home for a month.
It was not immediately clear if the entire procedure was carried out before the victim contacted his mother.
It was also not known if the hospital routinely performs gender reassignment surgeries.
The case has been registered at Mansurpur police station under sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 420 (cheating) and 377 (unnatural offence) of IPC, Station House Officer Ashutosh Kumar said.
Police said Om Prakash brought the victim to the medical facility about a fortnight ago.
Meanwhile, activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) led by its state vice president Niraj Pehelwan staged a dharna outside the medical facility at Begarazpur village on Wednesday demanding action against the doctor and Om Prakash.
The victim's father said his son called his mother recently that he is in a private hospital and narrated the incident that happened to him.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
