LUCKNOW, March 30 -- A civic official and a motorcyclist were injured in two separate incidents involving banned kite nylon strings in Lucknow on Sunday.

In the first incident, Raja Bhaiya, a municipal revenue inspector posted in Zone-8 of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), suffered an ear injury when a sharp kite string entangled around his ear near the Annexe building. He was travelling from the zonal office to the civic headquarters carrying official files when the incident occurred. His eye was not injured. He was rushed to Civil Hospital, where his condition is stable.

In the second incident on Sunday evening, 22-year-old Raj Rawat, a resident of Semramau village under Kakori police station limits, suffered a throat injury wh...