Pattaya’s transgender thieves target Indian men in separate incidents

An age-old legend has once again repeated itself.

In Pattaya, two Indian men separately reported thefts by transgender individuals on the same night. In both incidents, the thieves ripped gold necklaces off the victims’ necks.

The first incident took place when 34 year old Nagasesha Reddy Neeruganti was walking along Pattaya Beach with friends near Soi 13. A transgender person approached and hugged him, followed by another who removed his gold necklace, worth 66,000 baht, from his neck. The thieves then fled on a motorbike. This incident occurred only five metres from a police box. Neeruganti and his friends tried to chase the suspects but were unsuccessful.

Gurdeep Singh, a 33 year old Indian businessman, reported a similar incident to the Pattaya City Police. He claimed he was walking on Pattaya Second Road when…