Deepu R Darshan (previously Archana Raj) says his girlfriend backed off from the alliance

KOZHIKODE: A woman who underwent sex reassignment surgery to become a man, for getting married to another woman, has now come out alleging that the latter backed off from the alliance.

Twenty-three-year-old Deepu R Darshan (previously Archana Raj) hailing from Peruvannamuzhi underwent the surgery two months ago. Addressing mediapersons at Press Club here on Monday, Deepu said that he has now become a butt of joke for everyone. He had spent more than Rs 2 lakh for the surgery at a Chennai hospital to marry his lover from Vadakara, who was his colleague.

Deepu alleged that he was unable to contact the 22-year-old woman ever since the surgery. “We had jointly taken the decision to change my sex to get married and live together. But after I underwent the surgery on October 25, she refused to come with me and now her marriage is fixed with a man hailing from Vadakara,” alleged Deepu, a divorcee. Though Deepu contacted the fiancé, the latter threatened him to back off after the woman denied having an affair with him.

Deepu said he had also approached Peruvannamuzhi police station but the woman reiterated her stand and also alleged that he was mentally unstable. Though he filed a habeas corpus writ petiiton in the high court, the woman informed that her wedding would be held next month. Now, Deepu is planning to file a case of cheating against the woman as he underwent the surgery only because she insisted.

