Ahmedabad: Man climbs tower, rescued after two hours

AHMEDABAD: A 28-year-old man, who, according to sources, has substance abuse problem, climbed a mobile tower in the Naroda area of city on Thursday afternoon.
He was rescued by Ahmedabad Fire And Emergency Service (AFES) personnel after two hours of efforts.

According to officers of AFES, they got a call at around 1.35pm on Thursday that a person, who was under the influence of some psychotropic substance, climbed a cellphone tower around 200 feet high near Haridarshan Crossroads in Naroda.
Fifteen fire personnel and four vehicles reached the spot and began operation to rescue the man.

AFES officers said that the man climbed almost to the top of the tower and when fire brigade personnel urged him to climb down, he sometimes followed their instructions but suddenly used to become angry and climbed the tower again.
Later, the fire brigade personnel put a turntable ladder, approached him from a closer distance and succeeded in bringing him down safely at around 3.35pm on Thursday.
A team of Krishnanagar police also reached there to manage the crowd that gathered on the spot to witness the rescue operation.
Inspector Amarsinh Chauhan of Krishnanagar police said that they have detained the man identified as Vilas Parmar.
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