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Gupta was riding a scooter, when the dangling manja accidentally got tangled in his neck and threw him off the scooter. His neck muscles were exposed and the trachea was visible and there was bleeding from the cutaneous blood vessels. “I felt as if a sharp knife cut into my throat. They gave him some prophylactic antibiotics and Tetanus vaccine after which he was taken to the operation theatre for further investigation and suturing.Doctors suspect it was indeed a Chinese manja that caused the injury.“A mere thread cannot cause such an injury. HYDERABAD: At a time when activists are fighting against the banned Chinese manja in the city, the widespread use of the nylon thread nearly claimed the life of a man late on Tuesday.Ashok Gupta, 33, was fighting for his life after sustaining a deep cut on his throat after his neck got caught in a Chinese manja on way back home from work..