The Shocking Braid Chopping Incidents Make Their Way to Mumbai

• Braid chopping incidents reach Mumbai, as reports of three women's hair being chopped off, showed up
• One victim was combing her hair when she suddenly had a blackout
• A lot of women have started wearing caps and dupattas as a precaution

New Delhi, August 18, 2017: The braid chopping incidents, that are shocking people across the country, have now made their way to Mumbai, as reports suggesting the hair of three women being chopped off have showed up.

The braids of two women were chopped in the Bhaykhala area of Mumbai, whereas an 18 year old girl, in the Wadala area, became another victim of the bizarre occurrence.

In the Bhaykhala incident, Roshan, a resident of the area, said that she was going to lie down on her bed, but started having severe headache.

Her husband, further states, that she was about to sleep, but then, felt like a small animal crossed her body. Her husband got hold of something and switched on the light, it was then, that they saw the chopped hair.

According to the ANI report, the victim immediately filed a complaint at the Agripada police station. The police, thereby sent the chopped hair for further investigation.

Hair of a woman named Anita, were chopped off at Wednesday evening, in what came as the second incident in a Mumbai area

The woman, reportedly, was combing her hair, when she suddenly had a blackout followed by a severe headache.

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Anita was asked by her aunt to rest, and when she started to feel better, she was struck with the realization that her hair were chopped. She was rushed to the hospital, and was later discharged.

In the third incident, a 40-year-old woman's braid was chopped off, in the Agripada area.

A dramatic increase in the number of these 'braid chopping' incidents, has left the country in furor. A lot of women, out of fear, have started wearing caps and dupattas for protection, while some have even engraved verses from Quran, on the doors of their residences.

-prepared by Samiksha Goel of NewsGram. Twitter @goel_samiksha