Overview
- Police said they resolved a near 90-minute standoff after a young woman in Dhanbad scaled a cell phone tower to protest her partner’s arrest.
- The woman, identified as Devanti Kumari of Shahriya, demanded his immediate release and asked officers to arrange their marriage.
- Nimiaghat police station in-charge Ankit Kumar Sinha said a team used prolonged counselling to bring her down, with villagers also urging her to step off the tower.
- After she descended, officers took her to the station, notified her family, and began an investigation into the incident.
- Local residents said the detained man is married and was picked up in connection with a case, and the drama drew a large crowd that police said they managed without injuries.