Flying knives: Chinese Manja claims two lives in two days

Vadodara: A Chinese string sliced a 30-year-old man’s throat on Sunday, leaving him dead. Rahul Batham, a hockey player was riding his two-wheeler through the region of Navapura of Baroda when the event happened, and a manja cut his throat, leaving him with severe wounds.

Batham was brought to the hospital, but he passed away while receiving care.

Yesterday, one kid injured his throat while travelling between Jamalpur and Danilimda of Ahmedabad. In Surat, one man lost his life when the kite string slit his throat in the Kamrej area of the city. These two deaths in Vadodara and Surat occurred in a span of two days.

Although the authorities have been harshly prosecuting individuals who sell Chinese kite strings, many stores continue to do so illegally. DeshGujarat