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Three persons person been arrested for selling manja thread and kites successful Kodungaiyur.
As flying kites utilizing manja thread tin pb to fatal accidents, the Chennai Police Commissioner has issued lasting orders banning the manufacture and merchantability of kites and manja thread, and the flying of kites utilizing manja thread.
Following this, constabulary teams led by inspectors person been monitoring their respective presumption limits and taking action, including arrests, against those progressive successful the manufacture and merchantability of manja thread, arsenic good arsenic those flying kites utilizing manja thread.
On January 22, Prakash Jain, 67, a nonmigratory of Korukkupet, was returning location from Madhavaram done the Moolakadai flyover aft work, erstwhile a stray manja thread caused a bleeding wounded to his lip. The injured Prakash Jain was admitted to a infirmary and treated. Based connected a ailment lodged by his lad Sunil Jain, a lawsuit was registered astatine the Kodungaiyur Police Station and an probe was taken up.
On investigation, Kodungaiyur Police Station arrested 3 persons progressive successful the merchantability of manja thread.
The arrested persons person been identified arsenic Sheikh Asma, 38, Rameshbabu, 53, and Nasrudeen, 34, each from Kodungaiyur. Police seized 35 kites, 5 rolls of manja thread and 1 spool from them.
Further enquiry revealed that the accused had been procuring kites and bundles of manja thread from Andhra Pradesh and selling them locally.
After investigation, the accused were produced earlier a tribunal and remanded successful judicial custody.
