SURAT: Police arrested 10 eunuchs from the Surat and Udha railway stations on Wednesday morning of which seven have been found fake.
The eunuchs were arrested following a complaint of attack by a railway passenger on Tuesday.
Following information of attack by fake eunuchs, government railway police carried out searches in different trains and railway stations during which 10 were nabbed. After being arrested, three eunuchs informed police that they are real while others are fake and just dressed as eunuchs to earn money.
The police will get their physical examination done for confirmation.
Meanwhile all were booked for harassing passengers. "We are yet to identify who are fake and who are actual only after which further actions will be taken," said sub inspector, L B Mahida.
Indore: Six youths, who extorted money and looted people by posing as eunuchs, were arrested by police on Saturday here.
The arrested have been identified as Ajay Nath, Prem Nath, Arjun Nath, Arjun Lalunath, Balwant Nath and Uttam Thakur, police said.
Six `fake` eunuchs arrested for extortion
According to the police, all of them are aged between 20 and 30. They were arrested while trying to extort money from the residents of a multi-storey building in Gumashta area here.
During the preliminary investigations, police found that the accused used to enter houses as eunuchs and demand money from the residents. They also found that the accused used to travel in costly cars. Police suspect that the accused were also involved in the incidents of looting earlier.
MUMBAI -Two men masquerading as eunuchs have been arrested after convincing Indian families to hand over money for ridding their homes of black magic, a report said Wednesday.
The two men spent 15 days fleecing families in western Gujarat state before one of the victims complained to police that she had been hypnotised by the men, according to DNA newspaper.
The 40,000-strong eunuch community in Gujarat has been enraged by “fakes†who muscle in on their begging operations, and a photo identity scheme has been started to try to regulate the business.
“Two men dressed as eunuchs came to my home telling me to perform puja (an act of Hindu worship) to banish black magic from my home,†alleged victim Bhupendra Pandya told the newspaper.
“I did not want to believe them but they hypnotised me. I gave them 3,600 rupees (78 US). Before leaving they gave me a sweet drink and told me my house was free from black magic.â€Â
Police have charged the two men, aged 30 and 40, with impersonation and cheating, the newspaper said.
India estimated one million eunuchs, once the guards for the harems of India Mughal emperors, are now more likely to be shunned.
They regularly barge into Indian weddings and blessings for new-born babies and leave only after collecting money.
They are regularly seen begging at traffic junctions in major cities and depend on the sex trade to make a living.
The two men spent 15 days fleecing families in western Gujarat state before one of the victims complained to police that she had been hypnotised by the men, according to DNA newspaper.
The 40,000-strong eunuch community in Gujarat has been enraged by “fakes†who muscle in on their begging operations, and a photo identity scheme has been started to try to regulate the business.
“Two men dressed as eunuchs came to my home telling me to perform puja (an act of Hindu worship) to banish black magic from my home,†alleged victim Bhupendra Pandya told the newspaper.
“I did not want to believe them but they hypnotised me. I gave them 3,600 rupees (78 US). Before leaving they gave me a sweet drink and told me my house was free from black magic.â€Â
Police have charged the two men, aged 30 and 40, with impersonation and cheating, the newspaper said.
India estimated one million eunuchs, once the guards for the harems of India Mughal emperors, are now more likely to be shunned.
They regularly barge into Indian weddings and blessings for new-born babies and leave only after collecting money.
They are regularly seen begging at traffic junctions in major cities and depend on the sex trade to make a living.
