Transgender arrested for murdering man in Trichy

TRICHY: A transgender was arrested on Wednesday on charges of murdering a 28-year-old man at K K Nagar in Trichy on September 6.


Police said Vaishnavi, 35, of Mannarpuram had beaten K Baskar, of Poonam Palayam village in Mannachanallur, to death in an argument over money for sex.

Baskar’s body was found at Krishnamoorthy Nagar near K K Nagar on the Madurai-Trichy National Highway on September 7.

Inspector M Navaneethakrishnan said police checked CCTV camera footage and the cellphones active in the area the previous night to zero in on Vaishnavi.

Police said Vaishnavi, who lives in Bengaluru, had come to Trichy to visit her ailing mother early this month. She ran out of money, and on September 6 night decided to solicit customers on the highway.

Baskar was on his way home from work when he saw Vaishnavi and went with her. Police said they argued over money and the transgender hit the man with a piece of wood, killing him. Vaishnavi then returned to Bengaluru.

“Vaishnavi was the one who was roaming in the area after 11.30 pm after other transgenders left the area on that day. We nabbed her when she returned to Trichy,” the inspector told TOI.