A transwoman activist in Kerala, who was the first from her community to file nomination papers as a candidate for the Kerala Assembly elections this time, was found dead in an apartment in Kochi on Tuesday. She is suspected to have died by suicide, according to the police. In the Assembly elections in April this year, Anannyah Kumari Alex, 28, had filed nomination papers as a candidate for the Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) from the Vengara constituency in Malappuram district.