A 22-year-old college student tragically lost his life after his throat was slit by a kite string on Makar Sankranti. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening around 5 PM at the Futi Kothi Bridge in Chandan Nagar.

The victim, identified as Himanshu Solanki, was a first-year student at Bherulal Patidar College in Mhow. He was on his way to collect an LPG cylinder with his relative, Vinod, when a kite string struck his neck. Vinod also sustained injuries near his eye. Himanshu was rushed to a nearby hospital and later transferred to MY Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

Dwarkapuri Police Station TI Ashish Sapre confirmed that Himanshu had been residing in the Annapurna area of Sudama Nagar for the past year. His father, Sanjay, works in a bank in Manawar, while his mother is employed at an Anganwadi, and his younger brother is in 11th grade.

Police investigations revealed that the string involved in the incident was not the banned Chinese kite string but a normal string. However, Himanshu’s family has strongly refuted the police's findings, alleging that the string was indeed the sharp and durable Chinese variety.

In protest, the family staged a demonstration outside the Dwarkapuri police station, demanding that the police explicitly state in their report that a Chinese string was used. They refused to conduct Himanshu’s last rites until their demand was met, chanting slogans like "Jai Bhim" and calling for accountability from the police and administration.

Himanshu’s uncle, Sachin Kochle, accused the police of coercing the family into deleting photographic evidence of the string. He claimed the police initially agreed to mention the use of a Chinese string but later altered the report to indicate a "plain string."

ACP Shivendu Dubey stated that the police are continuing their investigation into the type of string used in the incident. A case of unintentional murder has been registered, and further inquiries are underway.