India, Jan. 24 -- A 15-year-old boy was killed and his friend seriously injured after their motorcycle ran into a banned Chinese kite string near Chehlan village on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway on Saturday.

The incident has once again highlighted the ineffective enforcement of the ban on synthetic manjha.

The victim, Taranjot Singh of Rohla village, was returning from school with his friend, Prabhjot Singh, when the sharp string tightened around his neck, fatally slitting his throat.

Prabhjot, who was riding pillion, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital in Samrala.

Taranjot was the only son of his parents.

Samrala station house officer Harvinder Singh, who visited the site, confirmed the cau...