Overview
- Police questioned a 30-year-old Bangladeshi journalism student after a local group alleged he posed as a transgender person at Shimla temples to collect money.
- Investigators say his passports, study and stay visas, national ID, fee receipts, and academic records were verified as authentic.
- The student told police he identifies as transgender, visited Jakhu and Kalibari as a devotee of Goddess Kali during Navratri, and accepted only voluntary donations.
- Police reported no formal complaint from any devotee alleging force or extortion to date.
- Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur called for a high-level probe and flagged a possible intelligence lapse, and Shimla MLA Harish Janartha said he would press police to enforce visa rules.