The retired sub-inspector's wife alleged that about three inches of her hair was cut off around 3.45 pm while she was sleeping in her room, they said.
Her son and mother-in-law were present at the house in Sector 9 of Dwarka and her husband had gone outside when the incident happened, the police said.
On the woman's complaint, a probe into the incident has been initiated, they said.
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