Bengaluru: Man on two-wheeler gets injured by kite string

Bengaluru: A 48-year-old man on a two-wheeler sustained injuries after a kite thread got entangled around his neck near the Adugodi Traffic Police Station.

The incident occurred at 1.30 pm on Wednesday when Mallikarjun was travelling to a bank on some official work.

He suddenly felt a sharp pain near his neck and realised that the pain was caused by a thread that was cutting into his neck.

As he was unable to stop the two-wheeler immediately, he put his left hand on the string and tried to pull it away which badly injured his two fingers.

He then stopped the vehicle, a few pedestrians saw him bleeding and rushed to a nearby hospital.

Mallikarjun said that as he was riding at a low speed he could pull the string away from his neck, otherwise he would not survive.

Soon after, Arun Prasad, MP  candidate from Bangalore Central constituency wrote a letter to the Deputy Conservator of Forests and asked for the enforcement of an already existing ban of such nylon manja.