LUCKNOW, March 23 -- A six-year-old girl was seriously injured after a sharp nylon kite string (manjha) caused deep cuts on her neck and finger when she was riding a motorcycle with her father in Lucknow's Wazirganj area on Sunday afternoon,

The incident raises fresh concerns over the continued use of the banned material. It took place around 3pm near Jagat Narayan Road at Golaganj crossing in the Wazirganj locality of the city.

Officials said this is the 18th such case reported in Lucknow in the past 45 days, following the death of Md Shoib, 32, a medical representative, in the Bazarkhala area on February 4

In Sunday's incident, the child, identified as Abira, was sitting in front of her father, Khalil Ahmed, on a motorcycle.

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