Braid-chop hysteria grips state, 10 cases in a day

News, Punjab

Muktsar: At least 10 new cases of braid chopping were reported in the state on Saturday, with seven of them from Muktsar alone.

Muktsar: At least 10 new cases of braid chopping were reported in the state on Saturday, with seven of them from Muktsar alone. 

In Muktsar, Jasveer Kaur (45) of Chauntra village claimed she had a strange dream around midnight after which she fell unconscious. She found her braid chopped off when she woke up, she said.

Her son Jagseer Singh said they are in a state of panic since they are unable to get any clue how this happened. Sonam (17) of Gidderbaha claimed that her hair was chopped off when she was sleeping in room with her grandmother. She claimed to have seen a shadow around midnight after which she fell unconscious. When she woke up in the morning, she claimed to have found her braid chopped off. 

Ramandeep Kaur of Gidderbaha said she was sleeping with her husband and she heard the sound of scissors snapping during midnight and found hair removed in the morning. Tej Singh of village Kauni said that braid of his wife Karmjeet Kaur, 32 was chopped off. Tej Singh said that his wife is mentally upset.

Karmjeet Kaur, 63 of village Bharu also claimed that her hairs were chopped off on Saturday and she is unaware of how incident happened. Sarbjeet Kaur (17) of Tarkhanwala and Harpreet Kaur of Bheetiwala villages also complained of the same. Komalpreet Kaur (11) of Bharu village in Gidderbaha on Thursday and Preeti Kumari (13) of Guru Gobind Nagri of Malout had reported similar cases on Thursday and Friday.