Surat (PTI): A 57-year-old man sleeping on the window of his 10th-floor flat in Surat slipped and miraculously survived after getting stuck in the metal grill installed outside a window on the 8th floor on Thursday, officials said.

Nitin Adiya remained suspended upside down in agony for an hour before being rescued, the fire official said. Dramatic videos of his rescue have gone viral on social media.

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According to fire department officials, Adiya was sleeping near a window of his flat at Times Galaxy building in Surat’s Jahangirabad area when he accidentally fell out.

His seemingly fatal fall was arrested after Adiya got stuck in the metal grill outside a window two floors below, they said.

After receiving an emergency call around 8 am, fire officials from Jahangirpura, Palanpur, and Adajan rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.

In a coordinated rescue using ropes and belts from the 10th floor, the man was safely brought inside the front window of the 8th floor, they said.

Officials said Adiya was immediately shifted to Gurukrupa Hospital in an ambulance after the rescue.

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Baghpat (UP) (PTI): A 20-year-old woman was shot dead by a man who later committed suicide in an apparent case of unrequited love in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in Mahavatpur Bawli village in the Badaut area, where the accused, Satnam, 22, allegedly shot the woman before hanging himself from a tree, they said.

Superintendent of Police, Suraj Kumar Rai, said preliminary findings suggest the incident was linked to unrequited love, adding that all aspects of the case are being probed.

According to police, the deceased woman, Guddan, daughter of Lakhmi Saini, worked as a tailor from her home.

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Satnam, a resident of the same village, had allegedly been in one-sided love with her for a long time and was pressuring her to marry him.

Police said that around 10.30 am, Guddan stepped out of her house to buy some items when Satnam, who was already waiting in a back lane, stopped her.

An argument ensued, following which he allegedly shot her in the head with a country-made pistol.

The woman collapsed on the spot with serious injuries.

The accused then went back to his house and committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree, police said.

Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and took the injured woman to a community health centre, where doctors declared her dead.

A forensic team recovered the weapon used in the crime from the scene, they added.

Police have sent both bodies for post-mortem and initiated an investigation, they said.