Visually impaired man arrested for trying to kill himself

A 33-year-old visually impaired man was arrested on Monday morning while trying to immolate himself in the Secretariat premises, Gandhinagar. Nathabhai Bachubhai Vegad of Bhavnagar was angry that the Government had failed to fulfill his four-year-old demand of setting up a mental hospital in Bhavnagar.

Acting on a tip off, the Gandhinagar police reached the Secretariat main gate and arrested him along with three escorts trying to forcibly enter the Secretariat premises through the gate near block number one, which houses the Chief Minister’s office.

Since no objectionable item was recovered from their possession, all the four were released later on producing personal bonds.

During questioning, Vegad accepted that he had openly threatened to kill himself as the Government had failed to set up a mental hospital in Bhavnagar. Since his demands had not been fulfilled, he had come to the State capital and tried to enter the Secretariat with the intention of ending his life, he admitted.