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Transwoman urges cops to get back deserter hubby

Laxmi sought her happily-ever-after when she married Sandeep Kashyap last year. Instead, all she allegedly got was betrayal.

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Laxmi sought her happily-ever-after when she married Sandeep Kashyap last year. Instead, all she allegedly got was betrayal.

The 23-year-old transwoman met Kashyap, an auto driver, a couple of years ago. After a year-long whirlwind romance, they married under the Hindu Marriage Act on February 17 last year at a family court in Bandra. "We were so much in love that it became difficult for us to stay apart. So, when he popped the question, I decided to marry him," recalled Lakshmi née Gausia as she choked back tears.

They remarried as per Hindu traditions at the Pira temple in Khar. They, however, decided to live at Laxmi's house in Malad as they had not told their families of the marriage.

The couple was soon off on a honeymoon, flying to several Indian cities, for which Laxmi reportedly had to shell out Rs6 lakh. The happiness, though, was short-lived. "My life took a sudden turn last December, when my husband asked me to get my sex changed, as he wanted to introduce me to his  family as his bride," said Laxmi, who hails from Hyderabad but made Mumbai her home six years ago.

Excited about finally getting to know her in-laws, Laxmi immediately agreed to go to Hyderabad for a sex change operation, which, she claimed, cost her Rs80,000.

But she was in for a rude shock when she returned to the city after the operation - Sandeep was nowhere in sight; even his phone was switched off. "I searched for him everywhere despite still being sore from the 25-odd stitches from the operation."

Recently, she claimed, she learned that Kashyap plans to marry someone else. This was the last straw. She then approached the Malvani police seeking that her husband be made to stay with her.
J Hargude, assistant commissioner of police, Malvani division, said, "We have received a written application. Further investigation is on.”

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