Ahmedabad: Three men cut off eunuch’s braid

AHMEDABAD: A 30-year-old eunuch from the Shahpur area of city on Wednesday filed a complaint with police alleging that three men allegedly cut off the complainant’s braid and assaulted her over a money dispute.
Neetu De Sonia De Paldiwala, who earns a livelihood by seeking alms from the people, in the FIR with Shahpur police stated that three men, the owner of a paan shop and his two aides, assaulted her and cut her hair.
“I have been living with my mother for around two months as my work has been disturbed due to the lockdown and we are not allowed to roam and seek money,” Neetu De said.
Elaborating De states, “My two aides and I had gone to our akhada near Delhi Darwaza. The accused, Rajuddin Qureshi, Zahid alias Chhota Zaheer and Junaid Qureshi, rushed to me and began asking for money which I owed Qureshi for some products that I bought from his shop.”
Qureshi and two others first verbally abused Neetu and two other eunuchs. When Neetu De and two disciples objected to it, the accused persons took out iron rods and a pair of scissors. Qureshi and his aides held Neetu De and allegedly cut her braid. The three then assaulted Neetu De and her two disciples with iron rods
Some local residents intervened, rescued the three and called and ambulance which took them to a nearby hospital. They later filed a complaint of assault, abusing and abetment against the three men.