It began with a boyfriend praising another woman’s hair, but the compliment led to suspicion. In Versova, that suspicion turned into violence when a 21-year-old woman, believing her classmate was close to her boyfriend, allegedly went to the victim’s house with two friends, cut her hair, filmed it and threatened to post the video online. The incident took place around 12.30 am on March 25, nearly 18 days after an earlier confrontation where the accused had checked the victim’s phone but found nothing. A criminal case has been registered and being investigated by Versova police.

A compliment that didn’t stay small