Man back on tower but gets no audience

All attempts at persuading the youth to descend were in vain. Around noon he passed down a chit demanding that the President talk to him on his mobile phone.

Ahmed, a resident of Varanasi had earlier climbed the tower to protest against the alleged kidnapping of his wife by her family members. He had come down only after Umaid Singh, Phoolan Devi’s husband, personally assured him that he would arrange a meeting with Mulayam Singh Yadav to help Ahmed trace his wife.

According to the residents of the area, he climbed the tower again this morning and even performed his daily namaaz on top.

However, when Express Newsline tried contacting him on the phone, the number turned out to be incorrect.

Till late in the evening he was still atop the tower. There were a handful of policemen on the ground with a fire brigade ambulance present at the spot. “The temperature at the top of the tower is much lower and we have problems working on it when its windy,” said one technician.

This is the third time in the past few months that someone has climbed the microwave tower, which has restricted entry. While the Central Railway staff present at the spot refused to talk saying that the police were handling the case, the policemen hoped that Ahmed would come down on his own.