4 hijras arrested for trying to extort money from parents of newborns

Police today arrested four hijras on the charges of extortion for demanding money from two couples in Dhaka's Uttara area who were recently blessed with two daughters.

The arrestees are: Alo (28), Sharmin (23), Mim (30) and Ruma (25), said Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge of Uttara West Police Station.

The OC said a tenant of a building in Uttare Sector-9 was blessed with a daughter on August 6 while another tenant of the same building had a daughter two months ago.

The four members of the transgender community today went to the families and demanded Tk 20,000 from the families of the newborns, failing to pay which, they threatened to take away the babies, he said.

At one point, one of families gave them Tk 3,000. But they started kicking their front door, and shouting. On information, police rushed to the spot and arrested them, the OC said.

A case was field with the police in this regard, he said.