Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Police Crack Down on Nylon Manja Racket
The police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar have been very busy stopping people from selling a dangerous type of kite string called nylon manja.
They caught nine people and took away 933 bundles of this banned string worth a lot of money.
The police found the string in a courier office after it was left unclaimed for a month.
The main person behind this illegal business, Mudassir, was caught first, and then his friends were caught too.
The police even made the sellers walk around the market to show everyone what they had done wrong.
The sellers used someone else's name and documents to try and hide what they were doing, but the police found out and stopped them.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police arrested nine individuals for selling banned nylon manja.
933 bundles of nylon manja worth Rs8.04 lakh were seized over three days.
The mastermind, Mudassir, was arrested first, followed by his accomplices.
The manja was found in a courier office after being unclaimed for a month.
The accused were paraded in the Raja Bazar area to shame them for their illegal activities.
- Who
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Police, nine accused including Mudassir, alias Mujeeb Ahmed, and other sellers
- What
- Crackdown on nylon manja sellers, arrests, and seizure of banned manja
- When
- Over the past three days, with a press conference on Wednesday
- Where
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, specifically at the Parce Delivery Ltd courier service and Raja Bazar area
- Why
- To enforce the ban on nylon manja and disrupt the illegal trade
- Location
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
- Number of Arrests
- 9
- Bundles Seized
- 933
- Estimated Value of Seized Manja
- Rs8.04 lakh
- Mastermind Arrested
- Mudassir, alias Mujeeb Ahmed
- Courier Service Involved
- Parce Delivery Ltd
- Unclaimed Parcel Duration
- 1 month
- Shop Name
- Heena Patang Shop