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Youth climbs mobile tower in Pune; traffic jam on highway as bizarre drama ends in sleep
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News18•13-10-2026, 13:07
Youth climbs mobile tower in Pune; traffic jam on highway as bizarre drama ends in sleep
- •An intoxicated 27-year-old man named Roshan Kumar climbed a mobile tower in Wagholi, Pune, following a domestic dispute.
- •The private jeep driver threatened to jump while police and onlookers gathered below, causing a massive traffic jam on the Pune-Ahilyanagar highway.
- •Ignoring repeated appeals from the police to come down, the dramatic standoff continued for a full three hours.
- •In a bizarre turn of events, the stressed and intoxicated youth simply fell asleep right on top of the mobile tower.
- •Police and PMRDA fire department personnel eventually climbed the structure and safely rescued the sleeping man.
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The 27-year-old jeep driver, Roshan Kumar, climbed a mobile tower on a three-storey building after an escalated domestic dispute with his family and consuming alcohol out of stress.
After a three-hour drama where he ignored police warnings and threatened to jump, the intoxicated youth unexpectedly fell asleep on the tower, allowing police and PMRDA fire department personnel to safely bring him down.
A large crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene to witness the incident, which resulted in a traffic jam on the Pune-Ahilyanagar highway.
