A gang of men, who masquerade as eunuchs and dupe unsuspecting residents of valuables, was arrested by the MIDC Police on Saturday. The three accused, who hail from Buldhana district, were produced in court and taken in police custody. They have been identified as Bhanudas Sawant, 29, Mahendra Nagnath, 37, and Prakash Shinde, 24. The arrest took place after Chakala resident, Alka Prajapati, filed a complaint with the MIDC police station.

According to the police, Prajapati’s 20-year-old niece Varsha came to Mumbai from Gujarat to deliver her child on July 3. On July 6, when the mother-child duo was discharged from hospital, the family was accosted by four alleged transgender people who came to their house. In her complaint, Prajapati said, “They got enraged when we denied there was a newborn at home and demanded Rs 5,000.”