A woman from Kerala, who recently underwent a sex reassignment surgery to become a man has accused her girlfriend of dumping her.

The complainant, who now goes by the name Deepu R Darshan, a resident of Kozhikode, has filed a police complaint against her lover for allegedly refusing to marry her after she underwent the sex change.

Deepu, who was born female as Archana Raj has alleged that her girlfriend and colleague had convinced her to undergo sex reassignment so that they can live together.

According to Deepu, he met the girl who was working at a different branch of the same company during the annual meeting in 2017 where the two became good friends.

Deepu, then Archan got married last year, but the relationship did not last long and she got a divorce.

Meanwhile the other girl got transferred to the Kozhikode branch, and the two became even closer.

But trouble started when the family of the other girl started looking for an alliance for her.

Deepu who revealed his story to the media on Monday said that they jointly decided to go for a sex change after the other girl said that she could not live without her.

Archan then went under the knife on October 24 in Chennai's Venkateswara Hospital after undergoing counselling.

The 23-year-old who says even the name Deepu was suggested by the other girl alleged that ever since the surgery she began avoiding him.

"After I underwent the surgery, she began avoiding me and refused to come with me,” alleged Deepu.

Deepu who approached the police against the woman and her family said that he had undergone the sex reassignment only for the lover and now he feels cheated. He also claims to have WhatsApp and chat records to prove the claims.

"I spent Rs 2 lakhs for the surgery. I had not even told my family about what I was doing. Now after she rejected me I have become a joke among people who know me," Deepu said.

He added that the woman could have been pressurised by her family to reject him and added that he was still ready to accept her if she was willing to come with him.

"Since the sex reassignment process cannot reverenced I will live as a man. But, I want the world to know my story. I don't want another person to go through what I went through," Deepu said.