6 Transgenders Accused Of Castrating Boys, Running Human Racket In Assam

Police said the racket was detected in Lalmati area of Guwahati and two young men, whose sex change was conducted, were rescued.

The Assam police have busted a human trafficking racket and arrested seven persons -- six of them transgenders -- who have been accused of forcibly castrating young children and selling them in Delhi. Police said the racket was detected in Lalmati area of Guwahati and two young men, whose sex change was conducted, were rescued. "In the preliminary investigation, it has been found that the accused were involved in trafficking and forced sex change operations of the victims. Our investigation is still on and soon, further details in the incident will be unearthed," the police said. Advocate Swati Bidhan Baruah, who also runs the Transgender Welfare Board, said she received a call from a transgender woman at a railway station, who claimed to have found one of the victims.