Two transgender women were allegedly raped by a group of men and at least two others were physically abused in their own home in Karachi. The incident took place last week in Bilawal Shah Noorani Society of the city.
In a video shared on social media, Sindh Transgender Network (STN) Area Coordinator Sapna said, "A group of men broke into a house rented out by a group of transgender women and allegedly subjected them to physical and sexual abuse when they refused to entertain them," the Dawn reported.
Three out of the five accused have been identified, while the identities of the remaining two remain unknown. "Police only took a complaint application from Sapna, they did not even order a physical examination which is a basic requirement for any rape case," he added.
He also mentioned that the police has not visited the area in the past five days.
"We are planning to petition a court to get the police to register a FIR on Wednesday... Protests are also being planned for Wednesday, not just for this case, but also for other incidents that have taken place in the city against members of the transgender community in the past week," Ali said.
STN Technical Advisory Board Member Sarah Gill, in a separate video shared on Facebook, confirmed that the community would be protesting violence against the transgender community in Karachi soon.
Earlier, a transgender woman was shot dead in Karachi's Defence area last week.
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