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CHENNAI: A 21-year-old man committed suicide in Manali after his father prevented him from undergoing a sex reassignment surgery.

Police said Parthasarathy, son of Gajendran, was a resident of Virugambakkam. A BCA graduate, the man was unemployed but did not look for a job although his father kept insisting. Police said the family noticed changes in Parthasarathy’s behaviour. He did not mingle with his friends and remained indoors. He also expressed his wish to undergo a sex reassignment surgery, but Gajendran denied him permission.

Upset, Parthasarathy left home three days ago and took shelter at an old woman’s house. Gajendran, who found out that his son was residing with a group of people from the transgender community at Manali, came looking for him on Friday night. But Parthasarathy refused to go home. Police said when Gajendran told him that he would return the next day, Parthasarathy got worried and hanged himself to death.

The Manali police have registered a case and investigations are on.

