Mumbai: Why manja deaths are difficult to solve

Updated On: 29 December, 2023 06:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania

Narrowing down area, identifying culprits are a challenge to the police as there is no telling where a kite is being flown from

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Investigations into incidents involving Chinese or glass-coated manja consistently reach a standstill, as law enforcement officers struggle to find evidence to identify the individual flying the kite, a police source revealed. As a result, it becomes extremely difficult to identify the person whose kite manja caused harm. Authorities say the situation only gets worse during Makar Sankranti when scores of people simultaneously engage in kite flying, making it impossible to identify the culprit.

When there are fatal incidents due to sharp manja being used for kite flying, the police register cases under Sections 304A (causing death by negligence) and 188 (disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The majority of these cases occur during festivals like Makar Sankranti, when kite flying is a tradition, and also during vacations when many school and college students engage in kite flying. “Identifying or tracing a person becomes challenging when multiple individuals are flying kites simultaneously,” a police officer said.

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