Clashes erupt after braid of woman cut in Sopore

Clashes erupted in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district after a woman’s braid was chopped off by unknown persons on Sunday.

Reports said that unknown persons barged inside the home of a woman (name withheld) in Khushal Mattoo in Sopore town today.

As the news of braid chopping spread in the town, people took to streets and clashed with police.

Hair of over 100 women and young girls has been mysteriously cut in Kashmir valley during past several weeks.

These girls and women have told their families that unknown persons sprayed something in their eyes, knocking them unconscious and chopping off their braids.