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Ratlam Launches Raids as Banned Glass-Coated Kite Strings Injure Four on Raksha Bandhan

Raids are underway to seize banned manjha reels under environmental statutes enforcing public safety

Overview

  • Four people suffered severe lacerations along Jawara Road on August 9 after glass-coated synthetic kite strings sliced throats and limbs
  • Eighteen-year-old Sameer Khan remains in critical condition in the ICU following emergency windpipe surgery
  • Motorcyclists Anand Gosar, his wife Muskan and 22-year-old Jitendra Prajapati sustained deep cuts and are hospitalized
  • Ratlam district administration units carried out early-morning raids to confiscate banned manjha reels from multiple vendors
  • Authorities have invoked a collector’s August 1 prohibitory order and the 2017 National Green Tribunal ban, warning of arrests and penalties for sellers