Police Arrest 1,400 for Defying Kite-Flying Ban
From Times Wire Reports
Pakistani police arrested about 1,400 people over three days to enforce a ban on kite flying imposed because of a series of fatal accidents.
The government of Punjab province had imposed the ban during this year’s Basant festival after kite strings reinforced with wire or glass fatally slashed seven people.
Fliers often strengthen their strings before engaging in duels in which the object is to cut an opponent’s string.
“Last year 19 people died on Basant day,” Lahore Mayor Mian Amir Mahmood said.
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