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Chennai: Bike taxi rider suffers deep cut from loose maanja

A passerby rushed to the aid of the injured rider and passenger, and Rajkumar was taken to a GH

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CHENNAI: A 33-year-old bike taxi rider was injured on Sunday night in Nandanam after a maanja thread slashed his neck while he was riding.

The victim has been identified as J Rajkumar, a native of Omalur in Salem district. He resides in Triplicane. Rajkumar had picked up a woman from Alandur metro station and was moving along CIT Nagar 1st Main Road in Nandanam when a loose maanja thread entangled around his neck, causing a deep cut.

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He fell from his bike and while attempting to remove the thread, he suffered cuts on his fingers as well. A passerby rushed to the aid of the injured rider and passenger, and Rajkumar was taken to a GH.

The Saidapet police have registered a case and are investigating.

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