Kottayam (Kerala): A village in Kerala’s Kottayam on Thursday morning witnessed hours-long dramatic scenes when a man climbed up a high voltage tower demanding a house for his family as well as seeking to meet Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and actor-politician Suresh Gopi.
According to the local residents, the man climbed the tower at 6 am and refused to come down despite the efforts of the police, fire rescue personnel and panchayat officials of the area.
The power supply through the line was also shut off at 9.30 am, according to a KSEB official.
A fire official told PTI that when they tried to get onto the over 80 feet tall tower to rescue him, the man, a resident of Erattupetta, threatened to climb further up.
