A woman in Telangana’s  Siddipet district hired killers to kill her husband, who was harassing her after undergoing ‘sex change’ surgery.

According to the police, the woman, Daripally Vedha, had offered a Rs.18 lakh supari to get her husband, Daripally Venkatesh, killed, after he underwent the ‘sex change’ surgery and became ‘Roja’.

The incident came to light with the arrest of the woman and two accused. Police said the search was on for three other accused.

The accused Daripally Vedha married Venkatesh, both residents of Siddipet town, in 2014. The couple had an eight-year-old daughter. However, their life changed when Venkatesh underwent the surgery and changed his name into ‘Roja’, after which he began roaming the roads in the town begging for money.

While Vedha was working as a private school teacher, Roja used to go to the school and harass her. Vedha reportedly lost her job after Roja created issues at the school, police said. Roja was also forcing Vedha to send their daughter with her for begging.

Fed with this, Vedha allegedly decided to eliminate Roja. Offering Rs 18 lakh as supari, she paid Rs 4.60 lakh as advance to one Biyini Ramesh.

Ramesh took the help of Ippa Shekar and two other persons and killed Roja on December 11 after having a liquor party with him.