Kite string slashes biker’s throat on Maa flyover

Kolkata | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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I put my handkerchief around his throat and wrapped the bandage,” Banik said. I found his throat was badly injured and two of his fingers were sliced,” said Banik. I tried to stop the bleeding by wrapping the bandage around the wound but to no use. KOLKATA:A biker’s throat was slit by a banned alloy-coated kite string on Wednesday, when he was travelling on the Maa flyover.Prasenjit Banik, an assistant vice-president at an IT firm in Sector V, who came to the victim’s rescue , said the incident took place around 5.30pm on the stretch of Maa flyover that ran over the Topsia crossing. People flying kites on nearby terraces was a familiar sight in the area.“I noticed a man desperately waving at passing vehicles, seeking help, even as he bled from his throat and hands..