TL-MANJA KITES

2 held for selling banned kite-flying material

Hyderabad, Jan 12 (PTI): Two persons have been

arrested here on the charge of illegally procuring, selling

and stocking the banned Chinese manja and glass-coated manja

used for flying kites, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted on a

shop Friday and the two were caught, a police press release

said.

The synthetic nylon Chinese manja bobbins and other

material worth Rs 1.60 lakh were seized from the shop, the

release said.

Action would be taken against the arrested two under

relevant sections of India Penal Code and also the

environmental protection Act, 1986, the release said.

The Chinese manja was harmful to animals and man.

Manja is an abrasive string which is gummed, coloured and

coated with powdered glass used to flying kites.

On Thursday, police commissioner Anjani Kumar, in an

order, had said, "In order to maintain law and order, peace

and tranquility and to prevent incidents of breach of peace

and accident that are likely to occur, kite-flying is

regulated during the celebration of Sankranti festival in the

city from January 14-15." PTI SJR

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