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Title: haha only in India.
Post by: Pugnate on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 12:01:05 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/21/windia121.xml


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Man 'beaten for being bald'

By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi
Last Updated: 2:37am GMT 22/11/2007

A man was beaten by his fiance and in-laws and relieved of his belongings in India after they found out he was bald and wearing a wig, it was alleged yesterday.
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Prabir Das, of Dispur in Assam, told police that his fiancé yanked off his hairpiece after dinner last week and began beating and abusing him for hiding his pate.

Her parents then joined in, ripping his expensive wig apart and relieving the 33-year-old of his wallet, mobile phone, motorbike and driving licence as “penalty” for his deception, he alleged.

Mr Das, who works at a private hospital, had advertised for a bride in the matrimonial columns of a local newspaper – a common practice in India – and Dilip Roy, seeking a match for his daughter Shreshta, responded.

The wedding was fixed for Dec 12, and the bride’s family began putting together Shreshta’s trousseau and dowry at great expense.

But to Mr Das’s eventual humiliation an acquaintance spilled the beans to the stunned Mr Roy.

The superintendent Rajen Singh said Mr Roy had been questioned and denied the fracas. The wedding, police said, appears to be off.
Title: Re: haha only in India.
Post by: Raisa on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 05:25:21 AM
uhh what's wrong with being bald? and why is he bald?
Title: Re: haha only in India.
Post by: Cobra951 on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 10:09:13 AM
uhh what's wrong with being bald? and why is he bald?

Hahaha!
Title: Re: haha only in India.
Post by: scottws on Saturday, November 24, 2007, 11:41:51 AM
and why is he bald?
Male pattern baldness?