A 46-year-old mentally unsound person tried to enter the room of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who was residing at Kerala Bhawan situated in Jantar Mantar area on Saturday. The incident took place in the morning at around 10 am. The person, identified as Vimal Raj, a native of Karippuzha, Kerala, was detained by the Delhi Crime branch.
However, the police sent him to Raj Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), a medical facility after finding him mentally unstable.
“A PCR call was received at around 10 am regarding an unknown man trying to enter forcibly in Kerala House. As per the medical documents available with Raj he is 80 percent mentally unsound. So, according to the law, he has been sent to the IBHAS Shadhra,” said Madhur Verma, DCP, New Delhi.
“The man forcibly tried to enter Kerala Bhawan to commit suicide in front of CM Vijayan. The man came with a knife and took it out when security tried to question him when the security tried to stop and question him”, said a police official.