Hyderabad: Man injured after banned Chinese manja slits neck

HYDERABAD: A 31-year-old man was grievously injured when a Chinese manja, which is banned, slit his neck while he was riding a bike at Purnanapul on Saturday night.
Zubair, a resident of Bagh-e-Jahan Ara in Old City, was on his way back home from Attapur when the manja got entangled around his throat at New Jiyaguda, where a few youngsters were flying kites.Zubair then fell off his two-wheeler and sustained injuries on his neck.
“After the manja got entangled around my throat I fell off my moving bike. Even though the youngsters who were flying kites saw me bleeding, they fled from the spot. I struggled to stand up and rushed to a nearby hospital. There, I was told to go to Osmania General Hospital,” Zubair told TOI.
Zubair got five stitches on his throat as it was a deep cut. He said that the officials are at fault as the banned Chinese manja is still being sold illegally. He sought immediate action by the Forests and Wildlife Protection Society (FAWPS) officials into the matter.
Mirza Karim Baig, founder and president of FAWPS told TOI that the matter was brought to the government’s notice. “Such incidents need to be taken seriously by officials,” he said.