It was a moment of pride for the transgender community of Telangana as 39 transgenders recruited as traffic police assistants in the police department recently, performed the “traffic drill” before Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand at the Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) of Hyderabad police department on Sunday, December 22.
These new traffic police assistants who have received training for 15 days will begin their duties starting Monday, December 23.
The transgender traffic police assistants have been posted with the same status as Home Guards.