20-year-old Chhattisgarh youth climbed a 60-foot-high mobile tower near Ahimsa Chowk
The 20-year-old chose the mobile tower in the heart of the city to express his angst. Police said, initial interrogation revealed, the man was also upset about a theft of his belongings.
Kishor landed in Nagpur a couple of days ago from Chhattisgarh after a standoff with his parents, who had urged him to work and earn his living, said police sources. “His elder brother told police on phone that he had, of late, started displaying symptoms of mental illness and had left home in a huff,” said senior inspector Vinod Godbole of Ambazari police station. We will produce him in court and hand him over to the family,” said the police inspector, adding the man may be starving and mentally unsettled.
The bizarre drama, often referred as ‘Veerugiri’ from the ‘Sholay’ blockbuster, concluded after the fire brigade team managed to coax the man, Kishor alias Moni Sinha, to relent and escorted him down. Cops from Sitabuldi and Ambazari police stations too reached the site, where traffic crawled and hundreds of inquisitive visitors gathered at the spot. Passers-by spotted him and word spread fast, creating a tense scene in the busy area. Police, fire brigade personnel and an ambulance reached the spot after receiving an SOS. “The tower’s height made it difficult for officers on the ground to hear what he was saying. Police, under Zonal DCP Annapurna Singh, first tried to talk him down and win his trust instead of rushing in. As Kishor belonged to Chhattisgarh, locals who spoke the Chhattisgarhi dialect were called to help. They spoke to him and tried to calm him. police and citizens kept speaking to him from below While firemen prepared ropes and equipment. After nearly four hours of effort, the team finally brought him down safely. “His family is in Raipur. They have left for Nagpur.
Nagpur: A 20-year-old Chhattisgarh youth climbed a 60-foot-high mobile tower near Ahimsa Chowk close to the MLA Hostel on Tuesday morning and continued a four-hour-long drama, clamouring for ‘ ghar pe izzat hona ’ or respect from family at home, before he was brought down.