Jack of all... Man dangles from 30-ft tree, rescued by police in Bengaluru
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Bengaluru: For 10 long minutes, it was Tarzan in real play in an upscale locality in the heart of Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon. A 30-year-old man from Tamil Nadu, at his agile best, clambered up a jackfruit tree inside Embassy apartment complex on Ali Asker Road, a stone's throw from the city police commissioner's office.
Shaktivelu allegedly eyed succulent jackfruits and climbed up the 30ft tree in the blink of an eye, though the security post of the apartment complex is right next to it. He was halfway up the tree and a few feet from his intended target, when a security guard spotted him and urged him to climb down. With nowhere to go, the man from Hosur raced further up the tree and ended right on top of the tree, which towered over ground-plus-three-floor residential structures.
In panic, he lost his footing and started hanging from a tree branch for five critical minutes.
Police helpline 112 received a call about a man dangling from a jackfruit tree. The nearest Hoysala police rushed in under two minutes. They asked the security staff to bring a blanket to quickly prepare a safety net to help him land smoothly.
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But the man pulled off a Tarzan act and hopped on to the next tree — slightly shorter, but equally dangerous to stay hidden from police vigil — each move more dangerous than the previous.
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Unable to hold on to the tree any longer, Shaktivelu started slipping off his precarious perch, and let himself loose onto the blanket. Though the cloth net did cushion the impact of the fall, he still suffered a severe injury on his back after landing on the hard concrete surface. He is undergoing treatment at Bowring Hospital and is said to be out of danger. Vidhana Soudha police have taken up a case and are investigating.
Police suspect Shaktivelu, who knows only Tamil, was under the influence of alcohol or a drug and hasn't yet shed light on the motive behind daredevilry. Security guards and apartment residents strongly believe he was attempting to steal jackfruits. Though security guards are deployed at every gate in the complex, no one seems to have noticed Shaktivelu climbing up the tree until he was all too visible.
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