New Delhi: A 48-year-old man died after a kite string coated with sharp glass (manja) slit his neck while he was riding a motorcycle in Karnataka’s Bidar district on Wednesday, triggering renewed concerns over the continued use of banned kite strings during the Sankranti festival.

The deceased, Sanjukumar Hosamani, a resident of Bambalagi village, was travelling near the national highway close to Talamadagi Bridge in Chitaguppa taluk at around 11 am when a taut kite string stretched across the road got entangled around his neck, police said. Hosamani, who worked as a lorry cleaner, was on his way to pick up his daughter from a local hostel.

The string caused a deep cut, leading to profuse........

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