Police constable Lalita Salve of Beed district, whose application for a gender reassignment surgery received the nod from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier this year, will be in Mumbai on Tuesday to admit herself to the state-run JJ Hospital. Salve (29) said that on Sunday, her SPO communicated to her the government’s decision to grant her leave to undergo the surgery.
“I am on my way to Mumbai and my first stop will be the JJ hospital, where I will get myself admitted for the surgery,” added Salve, who has been fighting since September last year to undergo the surgery. She had said that she would like to be re-inducted into the Maharashtra Police as a male constable.

Police constable Lalita Salve of Beed district, whose application for a gender reassignment surgery received the nod from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier this year, will be in Mumbai on Tuesday to admit herself to the state-run JJ Hospital. Salve (29) said that on Sunday, her SPO communicated to her the government’s decision to grant her leave to undergo the surgery.
“I am on my way to Mumbai and my first stop will be the JJ hospital, where I will get myself admitted for the surgery,” added Salve, who has been fighting since September last year to undergo the surgery. She had said that she would like to be re-inducted into the Maharashtra Police as a male constable.