Goshamahal Candidate  ‘Transwoman’ Chandramukhi Feared Missing

Hyderabad: Chandramukhi Muvvala , a 32-year-old transwoman activist, who is contesting the December 7 Telangana Assembly elections, has allegedly gone missing since Tuesday. Chandramukhi , who is contesting on a CPI(M)-led Bahujan Left Front or BLF ticket from Goshamahal constituency in the city, went missing from her home.

Friends from the transgender community, who arrived to help her with campaigning were unable to locate her all day, the police said based on a complaint. "She has been unreachable and her mother has been in a state of extreme despair. She is feared to be kidnapped," the complaint filed by Chandramukhi's followers with the Banjara Hills Police Station, said. "Following the complaint, a missing case has been registered," Banjara Hills Police Station Inspector R Govinda Reddy told PTI.

As an activist with 'Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti' Chandramukhi had protested atrocities upon members of the transgender and hijra communities, and had always been an outspoken voice at many rallies and public events upholding the self-respect of transgender people, her followers said. Her decision to contest was also a decision that she felt would help the entire community, they said.

"We fear for her safety and condemn the lack of safety measures organised for her and for other women and transgender candidates, which acts as a strong force that dissuades transgender people and women from joining politics," they said.

Chandramukhi had begun her campaign on Monday and had returned to her house late in the night. She is believed to have left the house in the morning and her phone has also been switched off and the last traced point showed that she was in Errammanzil area in Hyderabad , police said.

Her mother, Anitha Muvvala, while speaking to an English website said that she last spoke to her daughter between 8 pm and 9 pm on Monday and that she talked about how the campaign was going and was happy with the way things were progressing,she said.

Chandramukhi is said to be the first and the only transgender candidate contesting in the upcoming Telangana elections on December 7.

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Reports of Chandramukhi going missing comes shortly after a candidate from Gajwel constituency, who had reportedly gone missing after filing his nomination papers on November 22, was produced before the Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday.(PTI)

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