Anannyah Kumari Alex, Kerala’s first transwoman radio jockey, who also contested for the state assembly polls, was found dead at her apartment in Kochi on Tuesday evening. According State Police, 28-year-old Anannyah was found hanging inside the bedroom of her apartment. Police suspect that it to be a case of suicide.
Following this incident, today Kerala Health Minister Veena George has asked the director of the Health Department to conduct an immediate inquiry on the suicide of Anannyah Kumari Alex. The Health Minister said that an expert committee would be set up to study issues related to gender reassignment surgery. The 28-year-old Anannyah Kumari Alex was found hanging at her flat in Kochi yesterday. A few weeks before, Anannyah had raised allegations that she was facing serious health issues following a sex-reassignment surgery done in June last year. She had made allegations against a doctor and a private hospital.
Anannyah was a native of Kollam Peruman. Though she had filed her nomination against Indian Union Muslim League leader PK Kunhalikutty in Malappuram as the Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP), she pulled out during the last week of the campaigning following internal issues within DSJP.
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