Transwoman Contesting Telangana Assembly Polls Goes MissingTop Stories

November 28, 2018 12:04
Transwoman Contesting Telangana Assembly Polls Goes Missing

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Chandramukhi Muvvala, a transwoman who is in fray for the December 7 Assembly polls in Telangana, has been reported missing in Hyderabad since Tuesday morning, according to a report.

The police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) based on a missing person complaint.

Muvvala is contesting on a Bahujan Left Front ticket from Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad. She is up in opposition to senior Congress leader Mukesh Goud and the Bharatiya Janata Party's T Raja Singh. She is the only transgender candidate in the fray.

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The police said Muvvala was reported missing from her home in Banjara Hills. She received a call on her mobile phone at 8.17 a.m. on Tuesday when she was somewhere in Yaramanzil Colony. Her phone has been switched off since, the police said.

Her mother, Anitha Muvvala, told The News Minute that she last spoke to her daughter between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday. "We talked about how the campaign was going and she told me she was happy with the way things were progressing," Anitha Muvvala said.

The police complaint filed by Muvvala's supporters said they feared she had been abducted, PTI reported.

The Telangana Hijra Trans Samiti, an association of transgender people, has condemned the lack of safety measures for transgender and women candidates "which acts as a strong force that dissuades transgender persons and women from joining politics". The group said in a press statement that Muvvala had started campaigning just a day before she went missing.

-Sowmya Sangam

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