Four arrested for chopping woman’s hair in public

Surat: Police arrested four persons including two women for allegedly thrashing a tribal migrant worker in full public view in Tatithaiya of Kadodara GIDC police station limits and also for chopping off her hair.
According to police, one of the accused had doubts on the victim of having an affair with her husband which led her to public humiliation with the help of others. A video of the incident went viral on social media. Police arrested Sakanti Masaniya, Gauravi Ramu, Kailash Mevada and Vinod Mishra for thrashing, intentional insult, criminal intimidation among other charges.
The complaint was lodged by the 19-year-old labourer from Madhya Pradesh who had come to Tatithaiya in search of work.
In her complaint, the victim alleged that she was at her rented accommodation when accused came there and started inquiring about her husband while accusing her of having an affair with him and started abusing her. Later, the accused woman also pulled the victim out from her home and took her to the road where she began to berate her for the alleged wrongdoing in front of a garment shop in Soni Park.
The accused was beating her when another accomplice, Mevada, reached the spot and handed a scissor to Masaniya to chop off the victim’s hair. While Ramu held the victim, Masaniya chopped off the tresses while a fourth accomplice, Mishra, threatened to kill the victim if she ever had any more affairs with anyone.
“Police registered an offence and arrested the accused immediately. The woman targeted the victim over suspicion of an affair,” said a police officer in Kadodara GIDC police station. The accused will be produced in court on Saturday.