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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