As Mohanraj and his friend were riding across the new flyover in Mint, a snapped manja thread, dangling from a streetlight pole, wove around Mohanraj’s neck and in the impact, both the rider and pillion fell on the road. 

Passers-by rushed them to the Government Stanley Hospital and Mohanraj received six sutures in his neck. 

On information, Washermenpet police registered a case and have launched a hunt for the suspects flying kites using manja thread. 

On August 16, a 32-year-old man had to get 14 sutures after a manja thread slit his throat in Tiruvottiyur.