Four transgender women were arrested by police and forced to strip to prove their gender by police in Agartala, India. They were also made to write an undertaking that they will never cross-dress and if they are found in such attire anywhere in the city, they could be arrested. One of the women filed a complaint after they were released. In the complaint she stated, "In the police station we were asked by the police to open our clothes and disclose our gender. The most embarrassing thing was that the police kept our wigs and inner garments in the police station." The four LGBT community members claimed that their Right to Privacy had been violated as well as those provided by Section 377 of National Legal Services Authority judgement of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had in its judgment declared transgender people as the 'third gender', affirmed that fundamental rights granted under the Constitution will be equally applicable to them and gave them the right to self-identification of their gender as male, female or the third gender.
World Watch: Cops Make Transgender “Strip To Prove Gender”
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