<p>New Delhi: Two men, including a Delhi traffic police officer, were injured after being hit by Chinese 'manjha' in separate incidents in northeast Delhi on Thursday, officials said.</p><p>Both the injured persons are now in stable condition, they added.</p><p>Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Surendra, posted in the Punjabi Bagh Circle here, suffered injury from the kite string while going to duty, police said, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old officer, a resident of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, was hit by a manjha near Yamuna Vihar area in Bhajanpura, after which he himself visited a nearby hospital, he said.</p><p>"He was discharged after treatment and is stable now," he added.</p><p>In an another incident, a 34-year-old man suffered serious injuries allegedly due to a 'Chinese manjha' when he was riding a scooter with his wife near Signature Bridge in northeast Delhi on Thursday, the police said.</p>.<p>"At 2.20 pm, we received a call regarding manjha injury to a man while riding scooter in the New Usmanpur police station area," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said.</p><p>The injured man was identified as Himanshu, a garment dealer residing in Than Singh Nagar. He was travelling to the Khajuri Khas area to meet someone when the incident occurred, the DCP said.</p><p>A case is being registered and further investigation is on.</p>.<p>Delhi has banned the use and sale of Chinese manjha, glass-coated synthetic strings used for flying kites.</p><p>"There are strict directions from senior police officers to register FIR and arrest those who are involved in selling Chinese manjha (glass-coated synthetic strings used for flying kites). </p><p>Such kite strings are completely banned and teams are working round the clock to arrest those who are involved in their distribution and stocking," a top police officer had said early this month. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Two men, including a Delhi traffic police officer, were injured after being hit by Chinese 'manjha' in separate incidents in northeast Delhi on Thursday, officials said.</p><p>Both the injured persons are now in stable condition, they added.</p><p>Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Surendra, posted in the Punjabi Bagh Circle here, suffered injury from the kite string while going to duty, police said, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old officer, a resident of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, was hit by a manjha near Yamuna Vihar area in Bhajanpura, after which he himself visited a nearby hospital, he said.</p><p>"He was discharged after treatment and is stable now," he added.</p><p>In an another incident, a 34-year-old man suffered serious injuries allegedly due to a 'Chinese manjha' when he was riding a scooter with his wife near Signature Bridge in northeast Delhi on Thursday, the police said.</p>.<p>"At 2.20 pm, we received a call regarding manjha injury to a man while riding scooter in the New Usmanpur police station area," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said.</p><p>The injured man was identified as Himanshu, a garment dealer residing in Than Singh Nagar. He was travelling to the Khajuri Khas area to meet someone when the incident occurred, the DCP said.</p><p>A case is being registered and further investigation is on.</p>.<p>Delhi has banned the use and sale of Chinese manjha, glass-coated synthetic strings used for flying kites.</p><p>"There are strict directions from senior police officers to register FIR and arrest those who are involved in selling Chinese manjha (glass-coated synthetic strings used for flying kites). </p><p>Such kite strings are completely banned and teams are working round the clock to arrest those who are involved in their distribution and stocking," a top police officer had said early this month. </p>