Overview
- The girl, identified as Nishvika Aditya, was on a two-wheeler with her father in Kukatpally when a nylon kite string wrapped around her neck on January 26, according to police.
- Kukatpally police registered a case for causing death due to negligence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and are investigating how the string came to be on the busy route.
- This marks the second recent manja-linked fatality in Telangana after a January 14 death in Sangareddy, with officials reporting more than a dozen injuries this month.
- Despite pre-Sankranti raids and seizures, reporters found strings still dangling across Hyderabad, and post-festival cleanup and civic follow-up drew criticism.
- NGOs and Nehru Zoological Park staff are removing hazardous threads and urging safe disposal, as police highlight the ban that carries penalties of up to five years in jail or a ₹1 lakh fine and report 103 cases and 143 arrests this season.