Enforcing the ban: Thousands of kites seized
A man recently died in Gujranwala after the kite twine slit his throat.
The last Basant to be officially celebrated in the country was in 2006. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
GUJRANWALA:
Police seized thousands of kites and arrested a man in a raid on a kite factory here on Saturday.
Police said that on receiving information that kites were being sold in Bakhtai Wala Bazaar, they raided Ahsaan’s house and arrested Sajawal along with thousands of kites. A man recently died in Gujranwala after the kite twine slit his throat. Several other people have also been injured.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 10th, 2013.
Police seized thousands of kites and arrested a man in a raid on a kite factory here on Saturday.
Police said that on receiving information that kites were being sold in Bakhtai Wala Bazaar, they raided Ahsaan’s house and arrested Sajawal along with thousands of kites. A man recently died in Gujranwala after the kite twine slit his throat. Several other people have also been injured.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 10th, 2013.