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J&K man brands driver as braid-chopper to avoid paying salary

PTI, Srinagar | ByPress Trust of India
Oct 18, 2017 01:47 PM IST

The driver went to his employer’s house to collect his dues but was branded a braid-chopper and beaten up by villagers.

Police in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir have booked a man for passing his driver off as a braid-chopper, who was then beaten black and blue by locals, in order to avoid paying him wages, police said today.

A man shows hair allegedly cut by braid-choppers in Batamalloo area of Srinagar on October 13. The Valley has reported nearly 100 incidents of braid-hopping this year.(Wasim Andrabi/HT file photo)
A man shows hair allegedly cut by braid-choppers in Batamalloo area of Srinagar on October 13. The Valley has reported nearly 100 incidents of braid-hopping this year.(Wasim Andrabi/HT file photo)

Jameel Ahmad Dar used to work as a tractor driver and his employer Mohammad Sultan Lone of Kralgund in Kupwara district owed him an accumulated remuneration of Rs 50,000, a police spokesman said.

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On October 16, when Dar went to Lone’s house to ask for the money, the latter initially refused to pay on one pretext or the other, he said.

“Finally, Lone labelled Dar as a braid-chopper and created a scene in the village which attracted attention of other villagers who without any confirmation beat the driver up to pulp, injuring him seriously,” the police spokesman said.

He said Dar was taken to a Baramulla hospital for treatment where doctors referred him to the SKIMS hospital in Soura.

“The mischievous elements use braid chopping phenomenon as a tool in their personal disputes, thus creating chaos,” he said, adding an FIR has been registered against the accused and the investigation taken up.

Several incidents of people being branded braid-choppers have been reported in the valley in the recent past, with the state police saying it was an alibi for some people to get out of their troubles or settle scores.

Director General of Police S P Vaid had said on October 15 that it is a mass hysteria being generated by certain vested interests to whip up tension in the Valley.

“This trend has emerged and will not be tolerated. Police will take strict action in such cases,” Vaid said.

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