New Delhi: A youth on a scooter was killed in north Delhi on Friday evening 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.According to police, they were informed about the incident by pedestrians who saw the man falling off his two-wheeler when his throat was slit by the notorious Chinese manjha kite string. The cops rushed to the spot to find that Goswami had already been taken to the nearby Hindu Rao Hospital by the passers-by. The youth was declared brought dead presumably after huge blood loss due to his injury. He was identified from papers on his person and police informed his family about the tragedy.“The deceased was returning home after shutting his shop in Karol Bagh for day. He got entangled while riding his scooter in metal-coated manjha on the flyover,” revealed a police officer.The witnesses revealed that they saw Goswami suffering the injury and he hadn’t even got the chance to reduce the speed of his two-wheeler and stop. He just fell off and became unconscious, they said.Amit Goswami, the brother of the deceased, said, “He was my little brother… He was just 22. I request police and govt to thoroughly investigate the matter and enforce a strict ban on the use of Chinese manjha so that it doesn’t claim any more lives.”Police said that a forensic team visited the spot for inspection. The body was sent for post-mortem. The cops registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita’s Section 106 (causing death by negligence) against unidentified persons for the crime. Investigators are going through CCTV footage and carrying out further inquiry into the death.Chinese manjha refers to a synthetic kite string that is coated with glass, metal and other abrasive materials. It is extremely dangerous for birds, animals, as well as individuals who may suffer cuts when they come in contact with it. Such strings are banned for sale, production and use in the capital. However, they continue to be sold and used, leading to accidents, injuries, even deaths, becoming a common occurrence, particularly around the kite-flying season around this time of the year.
