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We have seen deaths due to nylon manja in the city in the past. I called my friends and relatives to share the incident and ask them to wear helmets. I was lucky that I was wearing a helmet,” Ghorpade said.Ghorpade now spreads awareness about the benefits of helmets. The manja was still stuck near the indicator,” he said.He feels that had he not been wearing a helmet, the manja would have come in contact with his neck and cut his throat. I found a nylon manja stuck near the indicator of my bike,” he said.Ghorpade said the manja may have been hanging from a tree and may have got entangled in the indicator when he drove past it..