A man in India has been hiding up a tree for the past nine months waiting for his unfaithful wife to apologise. It all started when the man, known simply as Sanjay, caught his wife in an overly familiar position with the next door neighbour in their flat in Mumbai.

Sanjay promptly returned back with his wife to their home village so they could reconcile their differences, but in March when she insisted on returning to Mumbai, Sanjay threw an almighty hissy fit, climbing up a guava tree and not coming down.

Sanjay eats, sleeps and even relieves himself from the top of the tree. He says he will climb down only when his wife apologises to him for her infidelity.

Sanjay’s family members have made several attempts to bring his wife Tara back but she is unrelenting.

“He climbed on to this tree on March 9 and has remained there ever since. Whenever we try to bring him down, he threatens to commit suicide. He eats and sleeps on the tree and even relives himself from there. We keep going to him and asking him if he needs anything,” says Kushma Devi, Sanjay’s mother.

The local villagers claim that Sanjay, sometimes, climbs down from the tree and takes a stroll but climbs back again when he sees someone coming towards him.

Seeing his determination, the villagers have not yet informed the police. “We apprehend that he may harm himself if we seek outside help. As long as he is safe there, we are happy for him,” says his sister Nisha.

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