A 25-year old youth, perhaps taking a cue from Bollywood blockbuster Sholay,
climbed atop an advertising unipole in Loni, threatening 'suicide' as the family members of the woman he loved were opposing their marriage.
Unlike in the movie, where the protagonist manages to get the approval from the heroine's aunt, this youth was pulled down by a rope tied to his leg after an hour-long drama amidst hundreds of onlookers and was sent to jail.
"I was at my shop when I noticed a man climbing the unipole which I initially thought was from advertisement company," said Ramesh Chand, who owns a kiosk in the area. "But soon he started shouting, 'I will jump off if I am not allowed to marry the girl I love'," Chand added.
O P Chowdhary, SHO, Loni police station, said, "Initially, we requested him to come down and even assured that his grievances will be attended to, but he remained adamant and threatened to jump. He had created quite a nuisance as a huge crowd had gathered which was affecting vehicular movement, so we decided to act."
A huge tarpaulin sheet was arranged and spread under the unipole, which was held by policemen and and onlookers to ensure the man on the police landed safely if he jumped or fell. "I sent three sturdy cops up the unipole and soon some residents too joined and with much difficulty tied a rope around his leg and forced him down," said Chowdhary.
Later, he was whisked away in a police van where he identified himself as Haroon, a resident of Delhi's Seelampur. "He told us that he loved a woman from the neighbourhood and wanted to marry her, but her parents were opposed to the idea. On Tuesday, he learnt that the woman had come to Loni to her relative's place and he followed her," said Chowdhary. "Unable to find her relative's house, he climbed the unipole to attract her attention."
Haroon has been booked under Section 151 of the IPC (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) and has been sent to jail.
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