Shahjahanpur (UP), Jul 15 (PTI) Police have arrested three people and seized a large number of banned Chinese manjha (kite string) in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, following the death of a police constable earlier this year, police officials said on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Police (Shahjahanpur) Rajesh Dwivedi said that in January, a 27-year-old constable, Shahrukh Khan, died after slitting of his neck by Chinese manjha. Since then, a crackdown against the sale of Chinese 'manjha' has been underway.

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Dwivedi told PTI that the police had received information about the sale of Chinese 'manjha' in the city, following which it caught three individuals who were allegedly transporting 114 spools of the banned manjha.

The three arrested accused -- Mohammad Atique, Mohammad Ahmed, and Mohammad Nabi -- have been sent to jail, police said.

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