Swabhimaan, a Tripura-based social welfare group, has also sought an apology and said the state government should think if they at all require the 36 per cent votes of the LGBTQIA+ community in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The Pride Rally saw the participation of hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer individuals waving rainbow flags, and placards.
The incident took place at City Centre, a shopping complex, in the heart of Agartala, incidentally within weeks after the city organised its first Queer Pride Parade.
The four have alleged that they were forced to strip in a police station, and their videos were released to taunt them. Police said they were held because they couldn't give 'satisfactory replies' to why they had cross-dressed.
Four LGBT members were arrested by the police here and made to strip in a police station to prove their gender, according to an FIR filed by one of them.