3 min readLucknowSep 11, 2026 10:32 PM IST
On Friday, police identified seven men who were at the spot, six of them were arrested on charges of wrongful confinement. In a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur, poor mobile connectivity allegedly left residents so angry on Thursday that they took a telecom technician hostage — tying him to the company’s internet tower.
Police said the technician, Aditya Bhan Singh, was working on the tower in Hardauli village when locals surrounded him, police said. A police team rushed to the spot after being informed, but the villagers had released him by then.
A video of the incident soon went viral on social media. In the video, Singh is seen tied to the tower, while youth and children stand nearby.
On Friday, police identified seven men who were at the spot — six of them were arrested on charges of wrongful confinement.
