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'Mentally disturbed' man rescued from elevated expressway

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Published : Jul 18, 2019, 11:48 PM IST

A mentally unstable man was rescued by police when he attempted to jump from an elevated PVNR Expressway in Hyderabad on Thursday.

'Mentally disturbed' man rescued from elevated expressway

Hyderabad: A 25-year-old "mentally disturbed" man who allegedly attempted to jump from the elevated PVNR Expressway here was rescued on Thursday.

In a video shot from a mobile phone, the man is seen sitting on the railing of the elevated expressway even as two men rescue him. The video of the incident has gone viral.

The man was later taken away and handed over to police.

"This man is mentally disturbed and ran away from Bihar. We are trying to reach his parents and send him there," a police official said, adding it was not clear if he attempted suicide from the expressways railing.

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