Jammu, Aug. 9 -- A 25-yr-old youth today died of throat slit due to kite flying thread (manjha) in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said that manjha thread hit the neck of a youth identified as Rajendra Kumar, 25, son of Subhash Chander, resident of Garhi, Udhampur while he was riding on a two-wheeler.
He was immediately rushed to the hospital by some passers by but declared as dead due to severe throat cut.
Police have registered a case and started the investigation.
Notably, Jammu and Kashmir administration has put blanket ban on sale of Chinese thread .
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