Man Stranded Atop Pole While Trying to Steal Transformer in Sreepur, Rescued by Fire Service

A man became stranded at the top of a rural electricity pole while trying to steal a transformer in Sreepur, Gazipur. Surrounded by local residents, he did not dare climb down, and fire service personnel later rescued him alive and handed him over to police.

The incident took place at around 11 p.m. on Thursday (12 November) in the Chhatir Bazar area of Telihati Union in the upazila.

Local resident Md Suman Pradhan said that at around 10:30 p.m. a man climbed a Palli Bidyut pole behind a brick kiln beside Chhatir Bazar and tried to steal the electrical transformer.

According to Suman Pradhan, a local person spotted the attempt and raised the alarm, after which people from the surrounding area gathered and surrounded the spot.

Residents detained another man who was at the foot of the pole. The man at the top, however, stayed where he was, afraid of the crowd of hundreds below, and remained stranded.

Residents called the fire service, whose members reached the scene and, after efforts, brought the man down alive.

Khairul Alam, station officer of Maona Fire Service, said fire service members went to the scene on receiving the news, rescued the man from the pole alive and handed him over to police.

Mohammad Shahinur Alam, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station, said police were sent to the scene after the report came in.