Braid-chopping Incidents

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.

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.

Ranjana Devi has been lying on her bed but unable to sleep. On Thursday night, the 45-year-old resident of Khagrol village, 40 kms from Agra city, returned home from her neighbours' and felt a knock on her head. She managed to raise an alarm before she fell unconscious.

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.

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.

Ranjana Devi has been lying on her bed but unable to sleep. On Thursday night, the 45-year-old resident of Khagrol village, 40 kms from Agra city, returned home from her neighbours' and felt a knock on her head. She managed to raise an alarm before she fell unconscious.