Throat slit by banned Chinese manjha, biker dies in Jammu
Sahil Kumar, 36, was riding his two-wheeler on the flyover Saturday when the thread allegedly got entangled around his neck, slitting his throat, police said.
He was taken to the Government Medical College, Jammu, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Police have sent the body for postmortem.
Meanwhile, acting on a tipoff, police conducted raids in a market on the city's outskirts and seized nine rolls of the banned Chinese manjha. The trader, Raman Kumar, has been booked and an investigation is underway, police said.
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