HYDERABAD: A young man died of excessive bleeding while undergoing gender reassignment in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. The deceased has been identified as Prakasam native Srinath(28). He was found dead at a lodge in Nellore. It is learnt that the sexual reassignment surgery was performed by two BPharm students. Police have arrested BPharm students Mastan and Jeeva in
connection with the incident. According to police, the students performed the sex change operation with the help of a Youtube video.
It was an employee of the lodge who found Srinath lying dead inside the lodge room. Following this, he informed the police. The police investigation revealed that the death occurred during a gender reassignment surgery.
Srinath, who was working in Hyderabad, was living alone after getting separated from his wife. He met BPharm students Mastan and Jeeva recently. He then shared his desire to go to Mumbai to undergo gender reassignment surgery. However, the students convinced him that they would perform the surgery at a low cost.