Sopore, Publish Date: Oct 16 2017
Protests erupted in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday after a woman said her braid was chopped off by unknown persons.
A woman of Ningli area of Sopore, in her fifties, said unknown persons chopped off her braid. This is the third such incident in the area in less than twenty-four hours.
Yesterday, two women said their braids were chopped off by unknown persons.
Reports said that youth took to streets and pelted the forces deployed in the town with stones.
They also enforced shutdown in the town by hurling rocks at the shops and vehicles.
Hair of over 100 young girls and women in many parts of the Valley has been mysteriously found chopped during the past month.
These girls and women have told their families and police that unknown persons cut their hair after knocking them unconscious with some spray.
The police have formed Special Investigation Teams to probe the incidents. However, so far the police and the authorities have been clueless.
The police have announced a reward of Rs six lakh for credible information leading to arrest of any person behind braid chopping incidents. So far, no arrests have been made.
At several places, vigilante mobs have thrashed innocents mistaking them for braid choppers.
