Prompt and swift action by Delhi Police saved a life of mentally challenged man who accidentally climbed a over 50 feet high voltage (11,000 volts) electric pole in South Delhi’s lajpat Nagar area on Wednesday.
Police said the incident occurred at around 8.30 am when some locals made a Police Control Room (PCR) call in connection with a mad man climbing on a high voltage electric pole in Nehru Nagar.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East district, Romil Baaniya, said, “Having received information, the staff of lajpat Nagar Police Station along with civic BSES employees, officers of Delhi Fire Service and CAT team immediately reached at the spot. They found that a man, who was later identified as Rampreet, has climbed at top of the pole and was waving his hands.”
“BSES employees cut the power supply after that police teams along with officers of Delhi Fire Service rescued Rampreet and got him down from the pole” Baaniya said.
Rampreet, who stays in Park JJ Kapoori Thakur camp and is a native of Madhubani in Bihar, has been admitted in All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. Prompt action by police teams saved a human life, the official added.