Bike rider sustains severe neck injury after kite string accident in Delhi
The injured man, identified as Rajneesh from Akhibelpur village in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, was immediately rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre for treatment.
Police received a report around 4:40 PM about a man bleeding heavily on the flyover. Upon arrival, officers found Rajneesh with a deep neck wound caused by a sharp kite string, locally known as "manjha." Eyewitnesses said Rajneesh narrowly avoided falling off his bike and tried to stem the bleeding using his towel.
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Police recovered the red kite thread from the scene and handed it over to the forensic team for analysis, to determine whether it was Chinese thread or not. On June 27, a youth on a scooter was killed in north Delhi when his throat was slit by a Chinese manjha. Police filed an FIR, but the kite flier is yet to be identified. The accident took place on Rani Jhansi Road in the Bara Hindu Rao area. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Yash Goswami, a spare parts business owner.
He lived with his family in Karawal Nagar in northwest Delhi.
In another incident, a two-wheeler rider sustained facial injuries after being struck by a kite string while travelling on the Shastri Park flyover in east Delhi.
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