Over 40 braid cutting incidents reported in Jammu region
The police here today said that it was probing into the incidents of women’s braid getting cut off mysteriously in various districts of Jammu region in the state.
According to the police, over 40 incidents of cutting of women’s braids were reported from Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur districts in the last two weeks, triggering panic among the people.
Jyoti Devi (24) claimed that her braid was cut when she fainted at her residence in Abra village of Akhnoor and she was hospitalised.
Manisha (22) of Kamala village had similar experience.
In Samba district’s Ramgarh tehsil, Rekha’s (25) braid was cut after she fell down and became unconscious.
Police officers said that cases have been registered and investigation is going on in all such incidents.
Braid-cutting incidents were reported from various northern states before reaching Jammu and Kashmir.
“We have sent the samples of the hair which were cut under mysterious circumstances for forensic test,” a senior police officer said.
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