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Mumbai: Special NIA Court Rejects Undertrial’s Plea To Keep Long Hair For Religious Reasons, Cites Infection Risk

Mumbai: Special NIA Court Rejects Undertrial’s Plea To Keep Long Hair For Religious Reasons, Cites Infection Risk
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Mumbai, September 26, 2026: Prisoners cannot have long hair and beards as this could lead to lice infestation, fungal infection and scabies among co-prisoners, which require longer treatment, prison authorities said. Considering this, the special NIA court rejected the plea of an undertrial priso...

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