An eight-year-old boy died after a kite string (manja) slit his throat while he was enjoying the scenery from the sunroof of the car driven by his father, near Manor in Palghar district on Sunday evening. Dishant Tiwari’s parents allege that his son died due to lack of medical facility in the area and delay in getting an ambulance.

Dishant, a Std II student of Vibgyor School at Chincholi Bunder, Malad West, lived with his parents in Kandivli West. It took the family two hours to find a proper medical facility, but it was too late.