LAHORE: A body of a 25-year-old transgender person was recovered that was set on fire at her house in Nishtar Colony’s Asif Town, a police official claimed.
As news of the incident spread, several members of the local transgender community rushed to the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital where the police had shifted the body for an autopsy.
The deceased was identified as Chunnu while community members informed the police that she had come to Lahore from Mandi Ahmadabad. Later, the post-mortem report showed that the victim was burned alive.
The victim’s body has been handed over to the community members after legal formalities were completed while the police have registered a case of murder against the unidentified suspects and started an investigation.
This is the third transgender person killing reported in the country in three days. A trans person, identified as Mumtaz, was found dead in Karachi on April 5, while another was shot dead in Taxila on April 7.
