India, Sept. 11 -- A telecom technician was tied to a mobile tower for nearly two hours on Thursday evening, September 10, after residents of Hardauli village in Fatehpur district's Bindki area, fed up with poor mobile connectivity, took him captive to force the company's attention on the issue.

According to police, the technician, Adityabhan Singh, a resident of Basawanpur, had gone to Hardauli to inspect the local power supply when a group of villagers confronted him over the persistent lack of proper 5G network in the area. Villagers allege that despite a private telecom tower being installed in the village around two years ago with promises of resolving connectivity issues, network problems have continued, disrupting phone calls, int...