He was forcibly given a hair and beard cut. Now, the elderly Mymensingh man refuses to leave home

A viral video shows three men holding down an elderly man and forcibly cutting his beard and hair, which were previously styled in a manner similar to that of Baul fakirs. The man tries to get away with whatever strength he has, but is unable to. Finally, exhausted and distraught, he says: “Allah, please see what they do.” The incident occurred at Kashiganj Bazar in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda Upazila before the last Eid-ul-Azha, but a video of it recently went viral on Facebook. Inquiries found that the victim is Halim Uddin Akondo, 70 – a resident of Kodalia village in the Upazila. Halim is well known by locals as a beggar. He is described as an eccentric, but they say he...