Three persons, including a child, were killed after their throats got slit by kite strings during Uttarayan festivities in Gujarat, police said on Monday. Several others were injured in separate incidents across the State after falling off rooftops while flying kites, an official added.
A Mehsana police official said eight-year-old Tehjeeb Khan died at the local civil hospital after suffering a severe neck injury due to a kite string.
“Tehjeeb was riding a bicycle when a kite string slit his throat,” he said. Ashok Panchal (45), who was riding a motorcycle, was similarly killed instantly near Dholka in Ahmedabad district, an official said.