Transgender cop alleges harassment by ex-lover

Based on the complaint, police summoned Janardhanan, who was trying to reconnect with Prithika via phone and social media after a long gap. Prithika complained of harassment when she asked him to stop calling her. She lodged the complaint when he continued to call her. “We summoned Janardhanan and warned him. He was let off after he submitted a written statement promising to stay away from Prithika,” police said. 

Prithika, born in 1990 in Salem, was the son of an auto driver. She was then named Pradeep Kumar. She became Prithika Yashini after a sex change operation in Chennai. She joined as an SI at the Choolaimedu police station in October last year.

Two women police personnel tried to end their lives in different incidents on Monday and Tuesday in Tiruvallur and Chennai.

Constable Ambika Johnson (27), a resident of Ayanavaram, attached to Armed Reserve fainted on the road in Pudupet around 10.30 am and was rushed to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital by her colleagues on Tuesday. It was found that she had consumed rat poison in an attempt to commit suicide, police said. 

Police said Ambika was depressed that higher officers didn’t give leave on Sunday to go to church. 

In another incident on Monday, Prathiba (23) an AR constable attached to the Tiruvallur Superintendent of police’s office, tried to hang herself in a room. Noticing that Prathiba is missing, her husband Shankar Kumar searched the other room and found Prathiba struggling on a rope. Shankar rescued her and took her to Tiruvallur government hospital. The reason behind her decision is not immediately known. Police are investigating the case.