‘Law needs more teeth to check Chinese kite string menace’

Lack of stringent measures in order to nail the perpetrators involved in the illegal sale of synthetic kite string, has failed to bring about the desired results in the concerted drives launched from time to time.

The police, at present, register cases under Section 223 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for violating the prohibitory orders of the Deputy Commissioner regarding ban on sale, purchase and use of banned kite string which is a bailable offence. The accused gets the bail in the police station only.

“The law needed more teeth to act as a deterrent in using the deadly acrylic string, popularly known as dragon string or Chinese string,” said prominent lawyer and human rights activist Sarabjit Singh.

“The misuse, illegal sale and purchase of pharmaceutical drugs comes under the purview of stringent NDPS Act. Similarly, the police should invoke stringent sections of BNS against those involved in the illegal trading and storing of Chinese string,” he pointed out.

Ravi Mahajan, another noted lawyer, said that the police should not only take preventive measure against the use of dragon dor also known as ‘Khooni dor’, but should also take the investigations to a logical conclusion by checking its pilferage from the manufacturing unit.

“The spools of Chinese thread are meant only for industrial use and not for flying kites. The thread is illegally being diverted for this purpose,” he said.

Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that this was definitely a problem. “We have decided to recommend some measures through the Deputy Commissioner to the state government and we are requesting for issuing some notification in this regard,” he said.