MARGAO, JAN 21
A person, believed to be mentally disturbed, gave some anxious moments to the residents of Junta quarters, Margao and the fire and police personnel after he threatened to jump down from the fourth floor of the building.
The incident occurred early Friday morning when the middle aged man was spotted moving on the parapet of the building.
When the residents tried to convince him to come down, he threatened to stone them, prompting them to intimate the police and the fire services.
As pleas by the fire and police personnel to come down failed to evoke response from the angry man, who was armed with stones, he was finally caught by the fire and police personnel.
A fireman sustained facial injuries when the man hit him on the face with a stone after being overpowered.
PSI Nilesh informed that the man was later handed over to his relatives, putting up at Verna.
It is learnt that the man was brought to the Hospicio Hospital by the 108 Ambulance on Thursday and he left the hospital and headed straight to the Junta Quarters, creating a panicky situation in the locality.
