Transgender held on theft charge

VELLORE

A group of youth nabbed a 22-year-old transgender who reportedly duped a few women of gold jewellery around Alamelumangapuram.

The accused, Rafiq Ahmed alias Naveen, used to visit houses and tell women that their wealth would increase if they put their gold jewellery in a jar and keep it closed. When one of them opened the jar later, she found the jewellery missing and immediately lodged a police complaint.

Familiar person

The complainant, Selvi, 37, a resident of Alamelumangapuram, said the transgender used to live in the area and would visit homes to perform a puja. She said she informed a few youth in the locality to look out for the transgender and they nabbed the accused on Friday night.