Elderly man climbs tower in protest

TRICHY: When

Viralimalai police

were notified that an elderly man had climbed a cell phone tower in protest on Monday morning, they rushed to the spot and found an old man atop the tower with a green towel around his neck.

Identified as a Gandhian, N

Selvaraj

70, had climbed up the tower, irked over alleged inaction of revenue officials to retrieve Kodumbalur from encroachers.

Viralimalai

police station sub-inspector

Isarani

climbed the tower hoping to bring him down. After an hour-long negotiation, Selvaraj finally agreed to come down after being assured that his demand would be taken to the revenue officials. Selvaraj demanded retrieval of a tank on the verge of extinction due to widespread encroachment in Kodumbalur.