Delhi: Over 1,200 rolls of Chinese manjha seized, 3 arrested

Chinese manjha uses nylon threads which are sometimes coated with powdered glass. DCP (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, said that this is a part of a preventive drive before Independence Day. He said Chinese manjha is dangerous to people, birds, and animals.

In the past month, two people have died in three separate incidents related to injuries caused by manjha have been reported.

The first seizure was conducted at Kamla Market on June 26; the second operation happened in Uttam Nagar on June 27. The third operation took place in Wazirabad on July 5. In total, 1,226 rolls of Chinese manjha were seized.

Police have registered three FIRs against the people involved.

In the first case, police arrested Raju Chaurasia, 51, from Uttam Nagar. He was running a godown-cum-shop and had 922 rolls of Chinese manjha.

“He previously operated a shop from the ground floor of his residence. He started selling banned Chinese manjha both offline and online due to high profit margins,” DCP Yadav said.

In the second case, police arrested Areeb Khan, 22, from Daryaganj. He had 248 rolls of banned string and was caught near Kamla Market.

Earlier, Areeb worked at a clothing store but moved to kite-string selling for more profit, the police said.

In the third case, Danish Khan, 28, from Babanpuri, Uttar Pradesh, was arrested. Police caught him in Sangam Vihar, Wazirabad, with 56 rolls of manjha. He used to make kites but started selling manjha to earn more money.

All three men were booked under the Environment Protection Act and sections of the BNS. Police said that they are trying to find out the larger supply network behind this illegal trade.