Three women land in jail for chopping off neighbour’s hair
A Pirojpur court yesterday sent three women to jail after police produced them before it in a case filed for forcibly chopping off a woman’s hair in Indurkani upazila on Thursday.
Indurkani police arrested the three women -- Tymun alias Farida, 55, wife of late Mosharref Hossain Sheikh; Mithi Begum, 35, wife of Riaz Sheikh; and Beauty Begum, 23, wife of Shafikul Islam Sheikh, all from Dorirchar Baroikhali village in the upazila, on Friday night.
Earlier that day, their neighbour Sajida, 35, wife of Rafikul Islam Sheikh from the same village, filed the case with Indurkani Police Station against four people including the three arrestees and Shafikul Islam, husband of Beauty.
Three dependent young children of the arrestees also had to accompany their mothers to the jail, said Habibur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Citing the case statement and locals, the OC said the three women went to Sajida’s house on Thursday morning and accused her of stealing a pet chicken of theirs.
At one stage, the three women forcibly chopped off Sajida’s lock of hair with a pair of scissors.
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