Cuttack: Police on Monday arrested a shopkeeper selling banned glass-coated kite string in Jagatpur area following a raid on shops in the city over sale of the banned manja which claimed the life of a young man on Sunday.
During the raids on shops at Nayasadak and Nandi Sahi areas, Purighat police arrested one Sk Anwar. Police also seized hug
e stock of manja thread from the accused.
It may be mentioned that one Jayant Samal and his wife of Bhayarpur were going to his in-law’s house at Pirbazaar in Cuttack city when the manja got entangled in his neck. The two fell off the vehicle and a profusely bleeding Jayant was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Family members of the deceased had lodged a complaint at the Jagatpur police station.
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