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MOM TIES BOY'S HAIR TO RAILING _ Police arrested a California woman who allegedly tied her son's hair to a stairway railing as punishment. Balbir Kaur was arrested Tuesday night for cruelty to a child after police found her 10-year-old son tied to the railing. The boy had been screaming and could not come to the door when police arrived. Police (in Manteca) had to cut the boy's 20-inch hair to release him from the railing.