He Was To Meet Sister For Rakhi, Kite String Slit Throat On Delhi Flyover
NDTV
The glass-coated strings, which have caused several accidents in the past, are banned in Delhi since 2016, but continue to be widely used. This is the second death caused by this kind of threat in Delhi this month.
In a tragic incident in the national capital, a biker on his way to his sister's home for Rakhi died after his throat was slit by a glass-coated kite string, commonly referred to as Chinese manjha.
The glass-coated strings, which have caused several accidents in the past, are banned in Delhi since 2016, but continue to be widely used. This is the second death caused by this kind of threat in Delhi this month.
35-year-old Vipin Kumar from Rajdhani Park in Nagloi was on his way to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with his sister in Loni. He was riding his bike with his wife behind him on the Shastri Park flyover when the sharp string struck his neck, immediately injuring him.
With the help of those around her, his wife got him to the trauma center at Civil Lines where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.
