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Mysterious hair chopping incidents in India
Status
Ended
Genre
Mystery, rumours, human or animal activities
Begins
June 2017
Ends
October 2017
Frequency
Weekly, alternately, monthly
Country
India
Activity
Braid chopping
Numerous unexplained and mysterious hair and braid chopping incidents were being reported across India between June and October 2017. The first widely reported incident was on June 23, 2017, when ABP News reported a woman from Bikaner District, Rajasthan, had her hair chopped allegedly by a 'witch' (dayan) while she was asleep at night. Similar incidents were also reported throughout India, particularly in the northern states of Delhi, Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Kashmir.
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