Biker on Maa flyover gets his throat slit by manja

Kolkata: A person got injured by manja on Maa flyover on October 21.

Suresh Majumdar, a resident of Bally in Howrah was travelling towards Park Circus riding his motorcycle. He was rushed to a hospital at Park Circus and later transferred to another hospital in Belur.

Sources informed that on Sunday when he was riding his motorcycle on Maa flyover, near Topsia he felt something wrong on the front part of his neck. He stopped the motorcycle and saw blood dripping from his throat. When he tried to understand what happened and put his hand on his neck, he found manja across his throat.

He immediately understood that manja has cut his the front portion of his neck. On seeing him bleeding, other car riders rushed him to a hospital.

His family members and police were informed. Following first aid, Majumdar's family members shifted him to a hospital in Belur.

He was released on Thursday. Majumdar later lodged a complaint against unknown persons at Topsia Police Station.

Though police had asked the locals adjacent to Maa flyover to not fly kites, no one bothers to obey it.

As a result, similar accidents have often taken place in the past.

During last September, an Information Technology (IT) employees throat got slit in the same manner when he was riding his motorcycle on Maa flyover.

On December, 2017 a minor girl's throat was slit by the string and suffered major injury.

Though police said steps would be taken, no one knows how this practice could be stopped.