Biker injured as kite string slashes face
The biker, identified as 29-year-old Prakash, lives with his family in Sant Nagar in north Delhi's Burari. Prakash, who works in the loan department of a private bank in Krishna Nagar, was returning home after work when the incident happened.
He was taken to a nearby hospital by a passerby. Though he suffered grievous facial injuries and required multiple stitches, he escaped life-threatening harm and was later discharged and taken home by his family.
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Just last week, 22-year-old Yash Goswami also died after coming in contact with a Chinese manjha on Rani Jhansi Road in Bara Hindu Rao area. In Aug last year, two people, including a cop, sustained severe neck injuries due to Chinese manjha in Yamuna Vihar.
In a similar accident on the same Shastri Park flyover in August 2022, a 35-year-old motorcyclist died after his throat was slit by kite string.
In July 2023, a 7-year-old girl died after coming into contact with kite string while riding on the front seat of her father's motorcycle in Paschim Vihar West.
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The production, sale and use of the deadly string, often called Chinese manjha, is banned in the capital. Despite the ban, the string continues to take lives.
The strings, a synthetic kite string coated with glass, metal, and other abrasive materials, are extremely dangerous to birds, animals and individuals who may accidentally come into contact with them, often suffering serious cuts that can prove fatal.
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