Braid Chopping

A video of the mentally challenged man who was lynched by a vigilante mob on Twelve people have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore after a video showing a mob beating up a mentally challenged man went viral in the state this week. T

A man with special needs was beaten up by an angry mob on the suspicion that he was a braid chopper. His attackers also tried to burn him alive in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said today. A cellphone video shows a group of men ruthlessly beating him, stripping him and attempting to set him on fire. The victim has been identified as Wasim...

A man was thrashed by locals in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, after his employer allegedly passed him off as a braid-chopper, the police said.

Four people injured in firing when a mob clashed with security forces in Pahalgam area of south Kashmir this morning. The police said the people were protesting against an alleged incident of braid chopping.

An Army jawan was thrashed by a mob in north Kashmir's border town of Kupwara on Tuesday before he was rescued by the police after rumours that he was a braid chopper, according to news agency Press Trust of India.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the braid chopping incidents were attempts to create mass hysteria and undermine the dignity of women in the state.

Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Kashmir Valley.

In fresh violence over rising incidents of chopped braids in Kashmir, a furious mob yesterday beat up two men suspecting them of being plait slashers, police said. Samir Ahmad Khan and Tahir Ahmad Beigh were punched, kicked and hit with sharp objects in Ishber's Chopan Mohalla in Srinagar. But timely police action saved their lives.

It was afternoon when Nayeem Ahmad Malla was attacked by a group of villagers in Baramulla, about 55 kms from Srinagar. Nayeem had just finished meeting his girlfriend when his thrashing began - not because his rendezvous had been discovered, but because he was taken for a "braid-chopper".

Authorities imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Valley.

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have banned the entry of outsiders for two months following braid-chopping incidents that have created a "wave of terror" among the people in the district.

A woman was allegedly beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion that she was a member of a braid-chopping gang in Jharkhand's Sahibgunj district, the police said.

Two children were found dead under mysterious condition in a well while their mother was found lying unconscious inside her home with her braid chopped in Dumka district today, the police said.

Twinkle Khanna tweeted: "The baby refuses to trim her hair! Should I snip it at night and blame the braid chopping entity"

Fresh incidents of chopping of braids were reported from different parts of the national capital even as the police have appealed to the people not to indulge in rumour-mongering.

A video of the mentally challenged man who was lynched by a vigilante mob on Twelve people have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore after a video showing a mob beating up a mentally challenged man went viral in the state this week. T

A man with special needs was beaten up by an angry mob on the suspicion that he was a braid chopper. His attackers also tried to burn him alive in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said today. A cellphone video shows a group of men ruthlessly beating him, stripping him and attempting to set him on fire. The victim has been identified as Wasim...

A man was thrashed by locals in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, after his employer allegedly passed him off as a braid-chopper, the police said.

Four people injured in firing when a mob clashed with security forces in Pahalgam area of south Kashmir this morning. The police said the people were protesting against an alleged incident of braid chopping.

An Army jawan was thrashed by a mob in north Kashmir's border town of Kupwara on Tuesday before he was rescued by the police after rumours that he was a braid chopper, according to news agency Press Trust of India.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the braid chopping incidents were attempts to create mass hysteria and undermine the dignity of women in the state.

Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Monday to prevent separatist-called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Kashmir Valley.

In fresh violence over rising incidents of chopped braids in Kashmir, a furious mob yesterday beat up two men suspecting them of being plait slashers, police said. Samir Ahmad Khan and Tahir Ahmad Beigh were punched, kicked and hit with sharp objects in Ishber's Chopan Mohalla in Srinagar. But timely police action saved their lives.

It was afternoon when Nayeem Ahmad Malla was attacked by a group of villagers in Baramulla, about 55 kms from Srinagar. Nayeem had just finished meeting his girlfriend when his thrashing began - not because his rendezvous had been discovered, but because he was taken for a "braid-chopper".

Authorities imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Valley.

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have banned the entry of outsiders for two months following braid-chopping incidents that have created a "wave of terror" among the people in the district.

A woman was allegedly beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion that she was a member of a braid-chopping gang in Jharkhand's Sahibgunj district, the police said.

Two children were found dead under mysterious condition in a well while their mother was found lying unconscious inside her home with her braid chopped in Dumka district today, the police said.

Twinkle Khanna tweeted: "The baby refuses to trim her hair! Should I snip it at night and blame the braid chopping entity"

Fresh incidents of chopping of braids were reported from different parts of the national capital even as the police have appealed to the people not to indulge in rumour-mongering.