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A 42-year-old antheral was arrested by the Commissioner’s Task Force, West Zone, for illegally procuring and selling banned nylon-coated Chinese manja. The cognition led to the seizure of 345 bobbins valued astatine ₹6.9 lakh successful Hyderabad.
The accused, identified arsenic Mohd Shazaib, who runs a kite business, was apprehended astatine Sadhu Kite Shop successful Kalapathar portion stocking and selling the prohibited manja successful usurpation of the State authorities ban.
According to the police, the accused had procured the banned nylon-coated Chinese manja, branded arsenic Monofil Gold, done an subordinate identified arsenic Vikram Mehta, a autochthonal of Karnal successful Haryana. The subordinate allegedly sourced the manja from Haryana and transported it to Hyderabad. Shazaib is accused of selling the banned worldly astatine astir ₹2,000 per bobbin to marque amerciable gains.
Police reiterated that the Telangana authorities imposed a implicit prohibition connected the procurement, stocking, merchantability and usage of Chinese manja successful January 2016 nether Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, citing superior risks to birds and quality life. Violators tin look imprisonment of up to 5 years, a good of up to ₹1 lakh, oregon both.
The accused, on with the seized material, has been handed implicit to the Kalapathar constabulary presumption for further investigation.
