KANPUR: A high-voltage drama was witnessed at a village in Hamirpur district on Sunday afternoon when a man with learning difficulties resorted to indiscriminate firing in the air following a dispute with his neighbours, triggering panic among the locals.
Police rushed to the spot on being informed, but the man locked all the doors of his house, climbed to the rooftop and gave a tough time to the cops who ultimately managed to overpower and pacify him after grueling for three hours.
Anandi Yadav, a resident of Chandpurwa Buzurg village in Bharuasumerpur police station area, had a spat with his neighbours over a trivial issue and he got agitated and fired several shots in the air.
When SHO Bharuasumerpur, Chandrashekhar and Factory area outpost in-charge Rambabu Yadav rushed to the village with force on getting information about firing and reached the spot, Yadav panicked and locked all the doors of his house from inside.
Seeing that police force had arrived and had surrounded his house, Yadav rushed to the rooftop and started threatening policemen and villagers while waving and pointing his gun at them and resorted to firing more shots in the air again.
The police officers tried to pacify him, but Yadav kept dodging them for over three hours. The police somehow managed to overpower and nab him after three hours.
“The accused Anandi Yadav is mentally unstable. He was taken into custody and pacified later,” the SHO said.
