Overview
- A man identified as Deen Dayal climbed an 11,000-volt distribution pole and stretched himself across overhead wires in Parsa Khurd village, drawing a large, anxious crowd.
- Police and the local electricity department switched off power and spent several hours persuading him to come down before he descended without injury on Tuesday evening.
- Bhitauli Station House Officer Satyendra Kumar Rai said officers believed the man was under the influence of alcohol and that he was handed to family members after the rescue.
- Villagers reported the line had been switched off minutes before the climb, a detail officials say likely prevented electrocution though it has not been independently verified.
- A video of the episode went viral, prompting renewed focus on the safety practice of de-energizing lines during rescues and on repeat incidents involving intoxicated people climbing high-voltage structures.