An 18-year-old boy died after falling from a 100-feet high mobile tower in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district on Wednesday. He had climbed the tower demanding marriage with his girlfriend.
On Wednesday, an 18-year-old boy died after falling from a 100-feet high mobile tower in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district. He had climbed the tower demanding marriage with his girlfriend. The boy climbed the high tower for about two hours. From the top of the tower, he was repeatedly shouting the name of a girl and threatening – get me married to her, otherwise I will jump and die.
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Soon, the family members reached there and started requesting him to get down. On receiving the information, police teams also reached the village and tried to convince him. But he remained adamant and kept demanding a promise. He said, first decide my marriage, only then I will come down.
The boy lost his balance at around 10 in the morning. He could not control himself and fell straight to the ground from such a height. He was immediately taken to the hospital, but he died.
Village head Krishna Kumar Rajput said, ‘We took the boy to CHC but he died on the way.’ He also told that ‘the doctor at Gursahaiganj CHC declared Sumit Kumar dead.’
The deceased has been identified as Sumit Rajput (18), resident of Purabhoj village. He worked in a factory in Rajasthan and had returned home only 15 days ago. According to reports, Sumit was in one-sided love with a girl relative of his, but his family had rejected the marriage proposal. The girl did not love him and had got married to someone else three days ago.
Local people said that both the police and family members tried hard to convince him to come down safely, but he remained adamant on his insistence.
Sumit’s father died three years ago. His widowed mother and younger brother were dependent on him at home. His sister was married five years ago and his younger brother was mentally weak, making Sumit the sole breadwinner of the family.