A couple from Nalasopara in Mumbai, one of them who underwent a sex change surgery to become a woman, were allegedly subjected to mental harassment and bullying by their neighbours, police said on Thursday.

40-year-old Ramshri Mohammad Arya married Kaalika (42), who was earlier a man, Samson James, after the latter underwent a sex change surgery. The couple married as per Hindu rituals and moved to Nalasopara in 2010, Additional Superintendent of Police, Palghar, Yogesh Kumar said.