A video of a man crawling like an insect to sever an illegal power cable has gone viral. In the footage, the man is seen crawling and being apprehended by an officer. The footage is reported to come from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh’s Muradnagar Town.
In the footage, the man is seen attempting to sever an illegal electrical connection from the pole and is apprehended by an official. He climbed towards the energy cables on his roof, unaware that he was being filmed by an officer, in order to avoid getting caught by the anti-electricity theft team. “Brother, I’m standing right here,” the officer who was shooting him replied, surprising him.
Watch the video here:
According to reports, the accused refused to open his house gate for inspection, so the lineman climbed the neighbor’s house to reach out and record the incident. According to sources, the event took place in the Bramnath area of Muradnagar Town, Ghaziabad, on July 11 morning. An FIR has been filed against the house’s owner, Kishore Chand Goyal.
The video received over 7,000 views, and netizens flooded the comment section with amusing responses.