Despite mid-day red flag, cops do nothing, as manja kills biker

Updated On: 17 January, 2023 05:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania

Though this paper implored cops to dissuade bikers from riding on flyovers on January 14-15, lack of action leads to death of 49-year-old on Bhiwandi flyover

Bhiwandi cops at the site of the accident, on Balasaheb Thackeray flyover, on Sunday evening; (left) Sanjay Hazare, 49, the deceased. Representation pic/Anurag Ahire

An Ulhasnagar resident riding home from work lost his life after a kite string got entangled around his neck and slit his throat, in Bhiwandi on Sunday evening. Cops said the string was made of plastic, which is banned. Just ahead of Makar Sankranti, mid-day had implored the city cops to take inspiration from their Gujarat counterparts and take all measures to save birds and bikers. In Surat, cops closed all flyovers for bikers on January 14-15. However, not much was done in the metropolitan region to prevent such incidents.

The Bhiwandi city police said they have registered an FIR against an unknown person under IPC Section 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

The kite that was stuck on the pole along the bridge; (right) Sanjay Hazare’s bike at the accident spot