Woman dies after her throat got slit by manja of kite

A 26-year-old doctor riding a two-wheeler died after her throat got slit by manja (abrasive string) of a kite in Pune's Bhosari area Sunday, the police said.

The incident occurred when Dr Krupali Nikam's two-wheeler reached the Nashik phata flyover, a police official said. "Nikam's throat got slit due to the sharpness of manja.

She fell on the road and started bleeding profusely.

She was rushed to a private hospital but was declared dead by doctors," he said. The woman was a resident of Pimple Saudagar area in neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad township.