Man shaves off wife's hair after tiff over sex

The Bazarpeth police have arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly indulging in unnatural sex with his 20-year-old wife, and tonsuring her head. The accused was allegedly addicted to porn.

According to police, the accused Mukhtar Shaikh, a resident of Kalyan, allegedly assaulted his wife with a knife and a pair of scissors and shaved off her hair for her refusal to indulge in unnatural sex. He had also allegedly been demanding money from her since July.

"The victim had gone back to her maternal house and informed her parents about the assault. A few days later, the accused convinced her to come back home. He tried to indulge in unnatural sex with her. When she refused, he shaved her head in a fit of anger to make her look ugly," said a police officer of Bazarpeth police station.

The accused has been booked under sections 377(unnatural sex), 498(A) (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 323(voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.