TARNTARAN:The police have booked an ex-serviceman for chopping off his wife’s braid at Deenewal village, 10km from the district headquarters.
The incident took place on July 17 but the police registered a case of domestic violence on Saturday.
The accused has been identified has Dalbir Singh (37) alias Sodhi of Deenewal village. In her complaint to the police Rajwinder Kaur, 35, said she married Dalbir Singh 17 years ago. “He is an ex-service-man and is now working as a labourer, she said.
“Dalbir is addicted to drugs and alcohol. I often resist him from taking drugs as he beats me up in inebriated state,” she alleged.
She said on July 17, my husband again thrashed me in front of my father and chopped off my braid with a pair of scissors.
Assistant sub-inspector, Balwinder Singh said a case under Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the IPC has been registered.
