A drunk man climbed a 70-foot jackfruit tree near the Bengaluru Police Commissioner's office before jumping to the ground after demanding a cigarette from police officers. Despite officers' efforts to catch him with a tarpaulin to prevent injury, the man reportedly sustained serious hip injuries from the fall.
A ‘hanging by the branch moment’ in Bengaluru
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A man, who tried to steal jackfruit from a tree in Embassy Apartment near city police commissioners’s office on Ali Asker Road in CBD, lost balance pic.twitter.com/baI7TAlDQQ
The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when the man climbed the tree to pluck jackfruit, drawing a crowd of perplexed onlookers. An emerging video shows the man dangling precariously from a branch.
According to reports, a security guard at Embassy Apartments on Ali Asker Road first spotted the man attempting to pluck fruit from the tree. When asked to come down, the man climbed higher instead, eventually losing his footing and becoming stranded on a branch.
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The injured man was transported to Bowring Hospital for treatment. His identity remains unknown at this time.
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