Constable Lalita Salve get govt nod for sex change surgery

Mumbai | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

Summary:

Lalita Salve, a 29-year-old woman police constable from Maharashtra's Beed district has finally received a written permission from Maharashtra's home department to undergo a sex change surgery last week. After getting the go-ahead for the surgery, Salve who has heaved a sigh of relief would be coming to Mumbai on Tuesday for a medical check-up for further treatment. I had met him in March this year and he had assured me that I will receive the permission," Salve told DNA while she was on the way to Mumbai from Beed. Doctors had said she had gender dysphoria and had advised her to undergo a sex reassignment surgery. While men have X and Y sex chromosomes, women have two X chromosomes..