Lucknow: This is no ‘April Fool’ joke. A wife chopped off her husband’s well-groomed tresses merely because her sister kept praising his looks all the time.
Chhedilal, a resident of Ramdas locality in Nigohan on the outskirts of Lucknow, had taken years to grow his hair and develop a ‘Salman Khan’ look. His look became so popular that people in the village started addressing him as ‘Salman’.
Trouble began when Chhedilal’s sister-in-law came to spend a few days in his house. The young girl was so impressed with his hairstyle that she went overboard praising him.
This apparently irked Chhedilal’s wife Roshni so much that while he was asleep, she chopped off her hair. When Chhedilal woke up and saw what his wife had done to his hair , he beat her up. The angry wife immediately ran towards the nearby railway track and announced that she was committing suicide.
The villagers ran to her rescue and pulled her back, seconds before the train could run over her. When her father came to know about the whole episode, he filed a case of harassment and abetment of suicide against Chhedilal.
“It appeared to be a simple case of disagreement between a couple but snowballed into domestic violence to the extent that the wife was threatening to commit suicide. We have counselled the couple and Chhedilal apologised to Roshni for raising his hand on her. She has also withdrawn her complaint against the husband and the sister-in-law has also gone back”, said Nigohan sub-inspector Balvir Singh.
Chhedilal said that, “It is not my fault if my sister-in-law appreciated my hair style. The world loves Salman Khan and his hairstyle. I have been humiliated for no apparent fault of mine. And yes, I am upset at the chopping of my hair—it took me years to grow them”.
