Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 6: A man was today arrested after police recovered banned Chinese threads (glass-coated kite string) rolls from his possession in Pacca Danga area.
During a routine patrol, a police party intercepted a person moving under suspicious circumstances at Chowk Chabutra area of Pacca Danga this afternoon, a police spokesman said.
He said the search of his bag led to the recovery of seven rolls of the string locally called as “Gattu Dor”, following which he was arrested.
The man was trying to sell the banned kite string among the local youth on the eve of Raksha Bandhan, he added.
A case under FIR Number 98/17 under relevant sections has been registered at police station Pacca Danga and investigation started.
The use of ‘Chinese’ kite strings, made of nylon or any synthetic material which is non-biodegradable, was recently banned by the National Green Tribunal on the grounds that it posed threat to life and the environment.
Police team led by SHO Pacca Danga SI Dheeraj Nagpal, Incharge Chowk Chabtra police post SI Sunil Manhas and HC Feyaz Ahmed made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO City Varun Jandiyal and SP City Dr Vinod Kumar.
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