Hyderabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Banned Chinese manja claimed another life in Telangana, with a five-year-old girl becoming the latest victim in Hyderabad on Monday.The incident occurred in the Kukatpally area in Telangana when the girl was riding a motorcycle with her father and sister.According to police, the manja of a flying kite got entangled around her neck and caused a deep cut. Nishvika Aditya (5) died on the spot due to profuse bleeding.She was sitting in front of her father, who was driving th…
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Hyderabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Banned Chinese manja claimed the life of a 35-year-old man in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Avidesh, a native of Uttar Pradesh. According to police, the incident occurred when Avidesh was travelling on a motorcycle and the manja of a flying kite got entangled around his neck and caused a deep cut. The man died on the spot due to profuse bleeding.Police have registered a case and taken up an investigation in the case.T…
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Ahead of the Sankranti festival, Hyderabad Police intensified their special drive against Chinese manja and seized contraband worth Rs 43 lakh during the last four days.The police have stepped up enforcement against the banned Chinese manja (synthetic/nylon kite string) to curb its sale, storage, and transportation in the city.Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said on Monday that the special drive is underway across the city. From January 8 to January 11, the p…
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Intensifying its drive against banned Chinese Manja, Hyderabad police seized a large quantity of the contraband item worth Rs 1.24 crore and arrested 143 people.Ahead of the Sankranti festival, the authorities stepped up enforcement against the banned Chinese Manja (synthetic/nylon kite string) to curb its sale, storage, and transportation across the city.Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar told a news conference that as part of the ongoing drive, the police registered 103…
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Hyderabad Police V. C. Sajjanar said on Monday that there will be zero tolerance for Chinese Manja, which is already banned in Telangana. He said that Chinese Manja is a silent killer that has caused serious injuries and even deaths of pedestrians, two-wheeler riders, birds, and animals.Hyderabad police have formed special teams to curb its illegal manufacture, storage, transport, and sale.“Any person found manufacturing or selling Chinese Manja will face strict legal a…
Ujjain, Jan 5 (IANS) A young priest narrowly escaped death after a banned Chinese manja (kite string) slashed his throat while he was riding a motorcycle to buy household goods in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The victim, Vinay Tiwari (21), originally from Jeerapur in Rajgarh district and currently residing in the Jaisinghpura area of Ujjain, sustained deep cuts across his throat in the freak accident on Sunday. Doctors at a private hospital in Ujjain performed emergency surgery lasting over two hour…
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) South Central Railway has appealed to people to avoid flying kites near railway traction lines during the upcoming Sankranti festival. The South Central Railway (SCR) observed with serious concern that several incidents of electrocution have occurred due to kite flying in the vicinity of railway premises, including yards, tracks and nearby civil localities.During the previous Sankranti festival season, multiple cases were reported across various zones of Indian Railways,…