KASARGOD: A young man recently filed a complaint stating that the 'woman' he met through Facebook and later fell in love with was detained by her family. Following a court order, police initiated an investigation and it was found that the youth's 'girlfriend' was a transgender. It was a youth hailing from Malappuram who filed a habeas corpus in the high court alleging that his 'girlfriend' was kept in custody by her family.

The Badiyadukka police conducted the investigation as the woman's house is within the limits of the Badiyadukka police station. Police said they would file a report in the high court. The youth first met his 'girlfriend' through Facebook several months ago and the two began chatting frequently. Later, he lodged a complaint after he had no information about the 'young woman'.