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Transgender beaten to death on suspicion of being a child lifter

Debasish Chakraborty, Sub-Divisional Police Officer

Jalpaiguri ( West Bengal ) : A transgender was beaten to death on suspicion of being a child lifter in Nagrakata in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Monday.

Videos of the incident have gone viral on social media.

  "We managed to rescue the victim but the person died on the way to the hospital. No incident of child kidnapping has taken place. These are simply rumours spread by people," said Debasish Chakraborty, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO).

Also Read: School boy's body found on railway track in T'gana

Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

 

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