CHENNAI: Five days after a transgender actor 's house was allegedly torched by her neighbours at Villivakkam and her relatives beaten up, three of the four accused are out on bail. Now she fears for her life.Vaishu, 24, stayed with her family on Thiruveethi Amman Koil Street, Villivakkam. On Tuesday morning, a minor altercation between her family and their neighbours over a sewage pipeline snowballed into a fistfight after the latter purportedly used derogatory words directed at her gender. Her father lodged a complaint in the local police station where a case was filed under IPC Section 294(b) for uttering obscene words in a public place.When police failed to show up in their locality for inquiries, Vaishu along with a group of activists went to the station a second time, where, she claimed, they were made to wait for three hours.“They said all their officials were out on rounds. We later realised we were wasting our time and returned,“ said Vaishu. When her neighbours found that the family had approached the police for help, they harassed them and hit Vaishu's cousin Sesha, who was rushed to the government general hospital with head injuries. When the family was in the hospital, they received a call from a constable late on Tuesday night. Their house, which had a thatched roof, had been burnt. “I lost everything in the fire, my clothes, documents, awards,“ said Vaishu, who also anchors a show in a regional television channel. “If the police had come a little earlier, this wouldn't have happened,“ she said.Inspector of V1 police station at Villivakkam Duraipandian said that while the neighbours' hand in the fire is suspected, the case is still under investigation. A case has been registered under IPC 436 for mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house. “We have one person in custody,“ said Duraipandian, adding three others were out on bail.Vaishu is among the fortunate few from her community who have been accepted by their families. “They accepted me after a long struggle, but the neighbours constantly remind them of my gender and harass them,“ she said.Vaishu isn't alone. Barely a kilometer away, Hasini, another transgender person lives with her family in a quiet neighbourhood. “It was tough for us to get a house on rent. We still aren't accepted. No one talks to us.Even for a small fight my gender is targeted,“ said Hasini.There are around 3,000 transgender people in Chennai. As most of them are rejected by their families, they tend to live in clusters in Choolaimedu, Kasimedu, Vyasarpadi and Pulianthope.