West bengal: Transgender turf war claims one in Nimta

KOLKATA: A transgender person was arrested on Monday after a 35-year-old eunuch group leader was gunned down by bike-borne miscreants in Nimta on Sunday night. Cops suspect this was the fallout of a turf war between two groups.
Victim Sumana Dhar was shot thrice while on her way home from Titagarh. Dhar was the leader of around 25 eunuchs residing at Nimta’s Sabitri Pally who were operating in the Nimta-Belgharia-Sodepur area.According to sources, the Nimta group developed a rivalry with a Titagarh group over control of the Titagarh-Khardah area.
Dhar’s colleague Payel Roy said supari killers were engaged to kill her. Roy alleged Dhar was being targeted by members of the Titagarh group as she had built up a healthy relationship with some eunuchs in Titagarh.
On Monday, accused Sheikh Ladla was arrested from a Titagarh hideout. “We suspect a rivalry between two groups of transgenders over control of the area could have led to the murder. A transgender person was arrested and produced in court,” said Ajoy Prasad, DCP, South Zone, Barrackpore Commissionerate.
Ladla has been remanded in police custody for five days.