India, April 4 -- Two 30-year-old transgender persons have been arrested on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old boy, forcing him to beg in local trains and exploiting him for money.

The arrests were made by the East Region police after a complaint by the boy's mother, who alleged that her son had been taken away and coerced into changing his appearance and activities.

According to police, the accused and the family lived in the same locality in the eastern suburbs, and the boy was known to them. The mother grew suspicious of her son's behaviour because he had allegedly changed his manner of walking and she had earlier sent him to their native place in Uttar Pradesh.

Police said the accused allegedly traced the boy there, br...