On 13 October, a transwoman traveling from Navi Mumbai to Goregaon was allegedly molested in Dadar railway station. Upon approaching the cops, the cops told her to prove her gender.
The government railway police (GRP) at Mumbai Central arrested a 50-year-old Virar resident for allegedly molesting the transwoman at Dadar station.
According to Hindustan Times, the survivor said that the police made her produce a gender certificate before registering a First Information Report (FIR) under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).