Tamil Nadu police gets India's first transgender SI
- K Prithika Yashini had to fight a lengthy legal battle to sit for the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board examination.
- In a landmark decision in 2015, the Madras High Court ruled that the recruitment board must include transgender community members in ‘third category’.
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On March 31, K Prithika Yashini became one of the 1028 trainees to complete the one-year course for sub-inspector at the Tamil Nadu Police Academy, and with this, the 25-year-old Yashini became India’s first transgender sub-inspector of police.Â
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For Yashini, this is a great achievement since she had to fight a lengthy legal battle to sit for the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board examination. The board rejected her application on the ground that it does not have a category for 'third gender'.Â
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However, in a landmark decision in 2015, the Madras High Court ruled that the recruitment board must include transgender community members in ‘third category’ that allowed Yashini to sit for the examination.Â
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On March 31, the ceremonial passing out parade of the officers was held at the Academy located in Oonamanchery, Vandalur and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami handed over the certificates to the newly-minted officers.
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After the ceremony, Yashini told reporters that she is happy to complete the training and that her fellow trainees were friendly and cooperative during the training period. Â