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Doctor from Kadapa held for castrating minor

S. Vijay Kumar

— Photo: S.S. Kumar

IN THE NET: S. Naganna of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh (centre) being produced in a court in Chennai on Saturday.

CHENNAI: A special team of the Crime Branch CID police late on Friday night arrested S. Naganna (75), the doctor who allegedly castrated a minor boy from Tamil Nadu at Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh last year.

The surgeon performed the operation in his hospital at the behest of some transgenders, who had abducted the boy from Kovalam in Kancheepuram district in July 2006. He was produced in a city court and remanded to judicial custody.

According to Superintendent of Police (CBCID) S. Mallikha, the doctor confessed to having performed many sex change operations in recent years. “Dr. Naganna used to perform at least two such surgeries every year and charge about Rs.5,000 as fee for each operation. In this case, he castrated a minor without the consent of family members. He is a gold medallist from the Kurnool Medical College and Hospital,” she told The Hindu on Saturday.

Besides criminal conspiracy, the doctor has also been booked under Section 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the IPC.

“He is a postgraduate in surgery and worked as a Surgical Specialist at Kurnool General Hospital,” said Ms. Mallikha.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (CBCID) S.N. Seshasai said the boy, who escaped from a flesh trade centre in Pune and reached home a couple of weeks ago, was referred to a hospital for a series of medical examinations.

“It is more than a year since his private parts were forcibly removed. Preliminary tests have shown that he is suffering from some urinary complications.”

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