Chennai: Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A K Viswanathan today said those who fly kits using manja threads will be arrested under Goondas Act.
Speaking to the media, he said 80 persons have so far been arrested for flying kites with the banned manja.
Last March, Viswanathan had promulgated an order under Criminal Procedure Code prohibiting use/ sale/ manufacture/ storage/ import/ of manja thread for the purpose of flying kite in the city.
A couple of days ago, a 35-year-old woman sustained injures near her eyes after she was allegedly slit by a glass-coated thread at the Kodambakkam bridge.
The woman, who works in the accounts department at a private hospital in Kodambakkam, was returning from work on her two-wheeler when the incident happened.
Recently, the Thiru Vi Ka Nagar police arrested 10 persons for manufacturing and selling prohibited manja thread for flying kites.
The police arrested Praveen, 27, Suresh, 27 of Perambur, Jegan, 22 of Kodungaiyur and seven others. Huge quantities of manja thread and kites were seized from them.