Overview
- Police identified the victim as Ravi Kumar Sharma, 25, who was riding with his wife to mark Bhai Dooj at his in-laws’ home.
- The string entangled his neck around 1:30 pm near Handa Bridge on the Sitapur highway under Roza police station, and his wife suffered minor injuries.
- He was rushed to Shahjahanpur’s Government Medical College, where doctors declared him dead.
- Officers cited a January case in which a police constable died after being cut by glass-coated manjha near Azizganj.
- Authorities pointed to prior enforcement, including July seizures of over 300 bundles and arrests of traders that divided the local association.