Watch: Fed up over poor network, villagers tie technician with mobile tower
Villagers in Fatehpur, India, held a telecom technician captive and tied him to a mobile tower to protest two years of poor network connectivity. The incident resulted in an FIR being filed against unknown villagers after police intervened.
Why it matters
This incident illustrates the growing frustration in rural areas regarding digital infrastructure gaps and the extreme measures taken by citizens to demand service.
PRAYAGRAJ: In a bizarre incident, a group of villagers after being fed up over poor connectivity for allegedly past two years, not only made a technician of a telecom company captive but also tied him with the mobile tower for around two hours in Hardauli village of Fatehpur district on Thursday evening.After being alerted, cops posted at 112 rushed the spot and freed the technician from the clutches of villagers. On the complaint of technician, Adityabhan Singh, an FIR under section 127 (2) of BNS was lodged at Bindiki police station against unknown villagers.Basawanpur (aung) resident, Adityabhan Singh in his FIR asserted that he went to Hardauli village on Thursday evening to check power supply.
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