Overview
- Hyderabad police said a five-year-old girl died on Monday after a kite thread cut her throat on a moving two-wheeler, with a case registered at Kukatpally police station and an investigation underway.
- In Ludhiana on Sunday, 35-year-old Sarabjit Kaur died after a plastic kite string tightened around her neck while she rode a scooter near Mullanpur Dakha, and police are probing the supply of banned strings.
- A day earlier in Samrala, 15-year-old Taranjot Singh was killed and his cousin Prabhjot Singh injured when their motorcycle struck a synthetic kite string, prompting a highway protest and an FIR against unidentified persons.
- Samrala’s sub-divisional magistrate ordered a blanket curb on illegal kite flying that permits only cotton thread, while police announced drone-assisted checks and additional drives and sought compensation for the bereaved family.
- Reports describe Chinese manjha as a sharp, glass- or metal-coated synthetic thread banned in several states, yet its illegal sale persists as residents demand tougher action against sellers and users.