Bandipora, Publish Date: Oct 10 2017
Braid of a 27-year-old woman was chopped off in Wangipora area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday afternoon.
Reports said that the woman (name withheld) was in the washroom when two unknown persons sprayed something on her, knocking her unconscious.
“Her family members found her unconscious in the washroom and also found her chopped off hair. She was taken to CHC Sumbal in an unconscious state,” they said.
Meanwhile, locals and family members held a protest demonstration in the lawns of CHC Sumbal against the incident.
They raised anti-India and anti-government slogans.
Hair of dozens of 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.
