A group of people allegedly assaulted and tried to disrobe a transwoman who was attending a friend's birthday party at an Andheri restaurant recently. The transwoman, Shivali Chhetri, who won the Ms Style Icon at the Miss Transsexual India 2017 contest, chased the accused in an auto for a few kilometres, called for police assistance by dialling 100 and got them detained. She has, however, said the police did not take her case seriously as she is a transwoman.

The accused — identified as Vijay Humrathkar, 28, Ganesh Kadam, 30, Vishesh Solanki, 25 — were released by the MIDC police after just being served a notice. Chhetri has alleged that the police did not take the matter too seriously because she is a transgender.