LUCKNOW: Love for dancing and dressing up like women forced a 15-year-old boy to stage his own kidnapping in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh . The teenager was recovered from Bhandutola Hasanganj , a transgender locality in Lucknow, on Tuesday.Paritosh (name changed) loves to be called ‘Guna’ after a character in popular Marathi film Natrang.He told TOI over the phone in impeccable English that he was deeply interested in dancing and wanted to become a ballet dancer. He specifically wanted to get in contact with transgenders as he identified with them.A bright student of class XI, this is not the first time that he has left home in the pursuit. His parents are against his choices.His father, who owns a confectionery shop, also wept on the phone, saying his son made him feel publicly humiliated. He has even prohibited his younger son to interact with Paritosh. SP Deoria Rathod Kirit Kumar Haribhai said Paritosh had staged kidnapping from his own phone number and sent a message for ransom to his father. He first reached Gorakhpur via bus and then took a train to Lucknow. There, he reached the transgender community to learn dancing.“The child appears to be normal. Just his orientation appears to be different,” he added.Paritosh also said he did not pull off the act for money. “I only wanted to tell my parents how much I want this. I can go to any extent to end the misery that I am going through,” he said.

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