INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GORAKHPUR: She was head over heels in love with him
And between them stood a tower of problems - until she decided to scale one as a last resort.Residents of Maharajganj's Semra Raja village
were in for a shock on Thursday when a 20-year-old local woman scaled a mobile towerfor the love of her life - a truck driver, 24, from the
same village.The two have been seeing each other for a couple of years, said local sources.Having climbed the 50-metre-tall tower, she
alleged that her boyfriend and his family were not keen on their marriage
She also claimed that the youth had gone missing.The youth's family claimed that he had left the village on his truck a couple of days ago
to deliver a consignment in Nepal.Onlookers, meanwhile, had a field day
Local WhatsApp groups were flooded with pictures and videos
Since the tower happened to be close to a toll plaza, the traffic on the highway was also disrupted briefly.Police had a tough time bringing
When all attempts at cajoling failed, cops scaled the tower and brought her down safely
"The woman climbed the mobile tower near Semra Raja toll plaza area in Maharajganj district on Thursday
She was having a love affair with a local youth and wanted to convince her family to marry her to the man
Police got her down and the necessary legal action will be taken," circle officer Ajay Singh Chauhan said.While the woman came down, her
anger was still pushing through the roof
She could only be pacified after an FIR was lodged against the man for "voluntarily causing hurt," the CO added.
