Burqa gang lies in wait to con clients

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the police about the rampant sex trade in the Majestic, and it says it cannot be stopped overnight. “We have been cracking down on them, but the women have their own timings of business,” said one officer. A member of the all- women police squad, Obavva Pade, claims it cracks down on eve- teasers, drunks and those found loitering suspiciously in the area. But a visit to the area reveals the squad members come to do the rounds after 5 p. m. and having done them, sit comfortably at the Majestic Bus Stand, while the soliciting goes on surreptitiously around them.

The people too say the police have been informed several times about the burqa gang and the transgenders operating in the area, but nothing has been done to stop them.

Complains Mr Sridhar, a local resident, “You can’t step outside in the main market towards the evening as the entire burqa gang is there doing the rounds of the Majestic bus stand. They misbehave and at times even abuse you if they are checked.”

For Mr Ajith K Subramanya, taking a bus from the Majestic to Shivajinagar for work is a daily battle. “At times the women chase you to earn some money,” he says.

A final year B. com student, Manjunath of Banashankari complains that the transgenders sometimes throw themselves at men, which is very uncomfortable to deal with.