Ropar, November 14

A 12-year-old boy died after Chinese string of a kite entangled his neck here on Sunday evening.

According to his relatives, Gulshan, a resident of Kotla Nihang, was on his way home on a bicycle at around 4.30 pm when a Chinese string entangled his neck, seriously injuring him.

He was taken to a private hospital here and referred by doctors to PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries.