Banned Chinese manja kills migrant worker in Sangareddy

A migrant worker was killed in Sangareddy after a discarded strand of banned Chinese manja slit his throat while he was travelling on a motorcycle. The victim succumbed to injuries before an ambulance could reach the spot

Sangareddy: A discarded strand of the banned Chinese manja, which is still being sold widely in the district, slit the throat of a migrant worker, Avadesh Kumar (35), at Fasalwadi village in Sangareddy mandal on Wednesday, killing him on the spot.

Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh, had come to Sangareddy to eke out a livelihood by working in paddy fields. He was travelling on a motorcycle from Fasalwadi to Sangareddy to purchase vegetables when a discarded Chinese manja hanging across the road suddenly cut his neck, causing severe bleeding. Though passersby alerted an ambulance, Kumar succumbed to his injuries before it reached the spot.

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He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The Sangareddy police registered a case and shifted the body to the government hospital in Sangareddy for postmortem.