Meerut:
In one other tragedy as a result of dreaded glass-coated kite string, a 22-year-old man died in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut after the string slit his throat whereas he was driving a motorcycle. The sufferer, Suhail, and his buddy Nawajish, have been returning after purchasing when the incident occurred. Nawajish, who was driving pillion, suffered critical accidents. Paradoxically, the 2 had purchased glass-coated kite strings that police recovered from a field connected to the bike.
Glass- or nylon-coated strings, higher referred to as Chinese language manjha, are recognized to trigger deadly accidents like this and have been banned. However they proceed to be offered illegally and used broadly.
In line with experiences, Suhail and Nawajish loved flying kites and went to a market final night to purchase strings. On their manner again, tragedy struck. A case of culpable murder not amounting to homicide has been registered towards an unidentified accused.
Within the aftermath of the tragic incident, Meerut police cracked down on retailers nonetheless promoting Chinese language manjha and took three businessmen into custody. Three sacks stuffed with Chinese language manjha have been seized. In one other raid, two individuals have been arrested and three sacks stuffed with the manjha have been seized.
The Meerut incident comes days after a biker in Haridwar died in an accident attributable to Chinese language manjha. Forty-year-old Ashok Kumar was returning house from work when a kite-string received entangled round his neck and broken his windpipe. Earlier, related deaths have occurred in varied elements of the nation, however the usage of the dreaded kite-string continues.
With the kite-flying season approaching, police in a number of districts of Uttar Pradesh have stepped up the crackdown towards Chinese language Manjha. After the Haridwar demise, police recovered 170 cartons of Chinese language manjha. However repeated accidents counsel that extra must be accomplished to curb this menace.
Inputs by Shyam Parmar