At least four persons, including children, lost their lives in separate incidents involving kites across Gujarat during the Uttarayan festival, with the state recording a sharp rise in emergency cases, officials said on Thursday.

Three deaths were caused by kite strings, while one was due to electrocution. The fatal incidents were reported from Bharuch, Anand, Aravalli and Vadodara districts.
In Bharuch district's Pilundra village, Rahul Parmar (35) died on the spot after his throat was slit due to a kite string while he was riding a motorcycle, an official from Vedach police station said.