Maharashtra cop who won sex change battle becomes a father

On the Makar Sankranti occasion on January 15, Lalit Salve, a constable from Beed who had successfully petitioned the Bombay High Court five years ago for a sex change operation, had an additional reason to celebrate: his wife gave birth to a baby boy. In 2018, after emerging victorious in the legal battle, Salve approached doctors at the state-run St. George’s Hospital, near CST, for a series of surgeries. However, he was taken aback when he learned for the first time that he was genetically male.