Tumkur: A mentally unstable person, who had climbed a flyover pole and literally aped a monkey was seen by the public and in turn immediately informed the police, here on Wednesday, December 5.
When the police rushed to the spot and went to rescue him, he went to the extent of physically assaulting the police.
The scene was such that the passersby had thought that he would fall off the pole any moment, due to his volatile behavior.
As the people had gathered in large numbers, there was traffic congestion for some time.
However, two of the police constables were successful in getting him down.a