Overview
- The accused were identified as Hussain Agha, 37, a businessman from Yakutpura, and Syed Saddiq Hussain Jaffery, 35, a delivery boy from Edi Bazar.
- They were detained while selling the prohibited kite thread near Murtuza Chaman in Yakutpura within the Rein Bazar police limits.
- Officers recovered 191 bobbins valued at about ₹1.91 lakh, with each bobbin allegedly sold for ₹1,000.
- Investigators said the stock was procured from a supplier named Ramzan in Mumbai, who is currently absconding.
- Telangana has banned glass-coated nylon manja since January 2016 under the Environment (Protection) Act, and violations can draw up to five years’ imprisonment or fines.