Overview
- Indore police confirmed that 45-year-old Raghuveer Dhakad died after a sharp kite string cut his throat between Khajrana and Bengali squares, with the case under investigation.
- Within hours of the fatality, at least two more motorcyclists in Indore suffered severe neck injuries, including NEET aspirant Narendra Jamod, who required emergency treatment.
- Officers recovered a kite and a piece of banned string at the fatal scene and are registering a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, according to Additional DCP Amrendra Singh.
- Statewide reports detail further injuries, including a nine-year-old in Chhindwara who needed 43 stitches to his ear and multiple recent cases in Ujjain.
- In Hyderabad, police arrested Mohd Shazaib and seized 345 bobbins of banned nylon-coated manja valued at ₹6.9 lakh, as the city’s police chief urged counselling of minors and public awareness.