Police appealed not to use Chinese Manjha
Hubli. A 38-year-old woman traveling on a two-wheeler in Hubballi city of Karnataka got a Chinese manja entangled around her neck and died due to it slitting her throat. Police gave this information on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Vidya Manjunath Gowder. She was a resident of Bharat Nagar in the old area of Hubli. According to the police, she worked as a laboratory technician in a hospital.
The incident took place on Thursday under the jurisdiction of old Hubballi police station near Shivshankar Colony on Karwar Road, when Vidya was on her way to work, police said. According to police, the manja got entangled around her neck, causing her to lose control over the two-wheeler and fall on the road. He suffered serious injuries and died on the spot.
Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Borase Bhushan Gulabrao said teams have been formed in all police stations to identify and seize those selling banned Chinese Manjha in the city. He said that criminal cases will be registered against those selling this dangerous thread. Action will also be taken against those found using it, whether they are students or adults.
Appeal not to use Chinese Manjha
The Police Commissioner said that in the case of minors, action will also be initiated against their parents for endangering public life. He said that the police had earlier also run an awareness campaign through social media and appealed to the people not to use Chinese kites and instead use normal kite strings. Gulabrao appealed to the people to inform the police about those using dangerous threads on social media. He said that the police team will take immediate action and seize the manjha.