more-inMass hysteria induced by mysterious hair chopping of women in Valley on Friday led to the death of an aged civilian, as the issue forced the authorities to snap internet, stop train services and detain separatists. Abdul Salam Wani, 70, a resident of Anantnag’s Dantar area, was hit by a brick on Thursday night. One of the relatives mistook him for a braid-chopper and smashed his head with a brick. Inter-State train services were stopped on Friday afternoon south Kashmir. Despite the elaborate security arrangements, street protests broke out in Srinagar, Pulwama, Baramulla and Anantnag, as fresh cases of braid chopping were reported.

Source: The Hindu October 06, 2017 17:26 UTC