Knife wielding 'mentally unsound' man tries to attack Kerala CM in Delhi

New Delhi: Kerala Bhawan in New Delhi stood witness to a high-octane drama on Saturday when a knife-wielding man barged into its premises threatening to harm Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The man, an Alappuzha native, Vimal Raj (46), sneaked into the premises with a knife and some papers and threatened to 'finish' the Kerala CM, reports The Times of India (TOI).

The man was immediately overpowered by security personnel and handed over to the police.

Police and intelligence officials found the man to be of unsound mind and sent him to Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences.

An FIR has been registered against the Vimal Raj.

The incident occurred at around 10 in the morning when the chief minister was leaving the Kerala House in Delhi for a meeting.

The man stood with journalists who were waiting near the Chief Minister's room. When the security officers, on sensing something wrong, questioned the accused, he took a knife from his bag and rushed near the room where the CM was.

Some reports said that the man was jobless and wanted to commit suicide before CM Pinarayi Vijayan as there no way for him to sustain himself and his family.

Reports said that the man was heard shouting that he is going to die and that although he wants to work, the chief minister is not allowing him to do so and therefore he has no means to live.

There have been death threats to the Kerala Chief Minister's life earlier.

Last year a Sangh Parivar leader had declared a bounty of Rs 1 crore on CM Pinarayi Vijayan's head.