SI Yashini reporting on duty sir!
TNN | Oct 9, 2017, 23:41 IST
Inspector J Shivakumar welcomes sub-inspector Prithika Yashini at Choolaimedu police station.
Yashini arrived with another sub-inspector, Thilakavathy, on a scooter to work. She smiled at her colleagues who welcomed her to the station. J Shivakumar, crime inspector at the Choolaimedu police station, wished Yashini luck. The young sub-inspector was rather taken aback by the presence of cameras and reporters, hesitant to speak to the media until her senior officer arrived. "We will not be biased towards her and she will be treated on par with other police personnel. Since there are many transgender people in our jurisdiction, Yashini's presence will be an advantage," Shivakumar said.
Once she assumed charge, Yashini was asked to study the jurisdiction and the nature of her job. At 6.15 pm, she was asked to accompany a police patrol team to survey the areas falling under the police station limits.
"This is my dream job. I have crossed several hurdles to achieve my aim. I would not act in a biased manner and treat people equally and act tough on people who violate the law," said Yashini.
Born in 1990 at Salem as Pradeep Kumar, the son of an auto driver P Kalai Arasan and Sumathi, Yashini later changed her name following a sex reassignment surgery. She worked as warden at a hostel, for an NGO and also at a hospital before getting reunited with her family after three years since she left home in 2011. She came to limelight in 2015 when she moved court after her application for the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board was rejected as it did not have any category for the third gender. The then first bench of the Madras high court came to Yashini's rescue by pointing out that the recruitment board has not provided the third gender category despite a direction from the Supreme Court.
CHENNAI: Unlike other new sub-inspectors who joined duty across Tamil Nadu on Monday, K Prithika Yashini's day one was different. Photographs were taken as soon as she stepped into the Choolaimedu police station at 5pm. Donning the khaki uniform with a cross-belt, Yashini, India's first sub-inspector from the transgender community, was assigned her first duty as sub-inspector in the law and order division.
Yashini arrived with another sub-inspector, Thilakavathy, on a scooter to work. She smiled at her colleagues who welcomed her to the station. J Shivakumar, crime inspector at the Choolaimedu police station, wished Yashini luck. The young sub-inspector was rather taken aback by the presence of cameras and reporters, hesitant to speak to the media until her senior officer arrived. "We will not be biased towards her and she will be treated on par with other police personnel. Since there are many transgender people in our jurisdiction, Yashini's presence will be an advantage," Shivakumar said.
Once she assumed charge, Yashini was asked to study the jurisdiction and the nature of her job. At 6.15 pm, she was asked to accompany a police patrol team to survey the areas falling under the police station limits.
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We wish this young lady all the very best in her new job. One can be sure that having gone through extreme hardships personally, and in her professional quest, she would be fair minded, just and unb... Read More"This is my dream job. I have crossed several hurdles to achieve my aim. I would not act in a biased manner and treat people equally and act tough on people who violate the law," said Yashini.
Born in 1990 at Salem as Pradeep Kumar, the son of an auto driver P Kalai Arasan and Sumathi, Yashini later changed her name following a sex reassignment surgery. She worked as warden at a hostel, for an NGO and also at a hospital before getting reunited with her family after three years since she left home in 2011. She came to limelight in 2015 when she moved court after her application for the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board was rejected as it did not have any category for the third gender. The then first bench of the Madras high court came to Yashini's rescue by pointing out that the recruitment board has not provided the third gender category despite a direction from the Supreme Court.
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