<p>A drunk labourer was left crying for help as he hung from the third-floor window of a house in Arakere on Bannerghatta Road, South Bengaluru, after the owner tied him to the grille mistaking him for a thief. </p>.<p>High drama prevailed in the early hours of Saturday as Suhant B (28) clung on to the window crying for help, before firemen rescued him. </p>.<p>A police investigation found that Suhant was only trying to escape from his colleagues, with whom he had fought, and had no other intentions. </p>.<p>According to the police, the incident occurred around 5.30 am when Suhant, a native of West Bengal and working in the city, had a fight with his colleagues at a building site. Suhant, an alcoholic, had not reported for work for two weeks and used to frequently fight with others every night. </p>.<p>On Saturday, when the labourers started to assault him, he tried to escape and climbed the three-storied building. Fearing he would fall, he held on to a window and shouted for help. </p>.<p>The house owner woke up from sleep and suspected that Suhant was a thief and tied him to the window with a rope. He later alerted the neighbours who called the police control room. The jurisdictional Puttenahalli police rushed to the spot and called the fire and emergency services personnel. After a half-hour operation, Suhant was brought down and taken into custody. </p>.<p>The police said that Suhant told them he ran for around two kilometres to escape from his colleagues and had no other intentions. </p>.<p>He was subjected to a medical test where doctors said he was mentally disturbed.</p>
<p>A drunk labourer was left crying for help as he hung from the third-floor window of a house in Arakere on Bannerghatta Road, South Bengaluru, after the owner tied him to the grille mistaking him for a thief. </p>.<p>High drama prevailed in the early hours of Saturday as Suhant B (28) clung on to the window crying for help, before firemen rescued him. </p>.<p>A police investigation found that Suhant was only trying to escape from his colleagues, with whom he had fought, and had no other intentions. </p>.<p>According to the police, the incident occurred around 5.30 am when Suhant, a native of West Bengal and working in the city, had a fight with his colleagues at a building site. Suhant, an alcoholic, had not reported for work for two weeks and used to frequently fight with others every night. </p>.<p>On Saturday, when the labourers started to assault him, he tried to escape and climbed the three-storied building. Fearing he would fall, he held on to a window and shouted for help. </p>.<p>The house owner woke up from sleep and suspected that Suhant was a thief and tied him to the window with a rope. He later alerted the neighbours who called the police control room. The jurisdictional Puttenahalli police rushed to the spot and called the fire and emergency services personnel. After a half-hour operation, Suhant was brought down and taken into custody. </p>.<p>The police said that Suhant told them he ran for around two kilometres to escape from his colleagues and had no other intentions. </p>.<p>He was subjected to a medical test where doctors said he was mentally disturbed.</p>
