Hyderabad, Jan. 14 -- The police on Wednesday, January 14, arrested two people for allegedly selling Chinese manja - the banned glass-coated string used when flying kites - in Old City in Hyderabad and seized 191 bobbins, valued at around Rs.1.91 lakh, during the operation.

Acting on specific information, a team from the Commissioner's Task Force, South Zone, intercepted the accused while they were selling Chinese manja near the Murtuza Chaman in Yakutpura, which falls under the jurisdiction of Rein Bazar Police Station, a press release by the police said.

The accused have been identified as Hussain Agha, 37, a resident of Yakutpura, and Syed Saddiq Hussain Jaffery, 35, of Edi Bazar. Police said Agha was managing his family's business, ...