Man booked for abetment of transgender person's suicide

MUMBAI: Two days af ter a 40-year-old transgender person hanged herself to death in an apartment in Goregaon (E), police have booked the boyfriend for abetment on Sunday. The transgender person, identified as Payal Ansari, did not leave a suicide note at the spot, but based on the statement given by some of the members of the transgender community; a case of abetment to suicide was lodged against a man in connection to the incident. Dindoshi Police have not made any arrests yet and will verify the allegations pitted against the man. Early Saturday morning, Dindoshi Police received a call about transgender person found hanging from a ceiling fan in Santosh Nagar in Goregaon (E). -