Intruder wanted to look like Kasab, says official
The preliminary medical examination of the 27-year-old man from Kerala, who tried to intrude the Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Fort by opening fire with an air-gun last week, said that he is mentally fit, said the police. The accused was initially found to be mentally unfit when the police was trying to ascertain the reason for his attempted intrusion in the highly-sensitive government office. However, to draw any conclusion, the police will record the statement of the Kerala-based doctor, who the accused claims is treating him for a psychiatric ailment.
Padmagirish Rajshekhar Nair, who hails from Kottayam in Kerala, was arrested by the security men at the RBI headquarters in Fort on Tuesday evening. During the scuffle with the guards, he opened fire on a guard with his air-gun, but no one was injured in the firing. He was overpowered by the guards and was later handed over to the police. The incident put all the security agencies at work as Nair reportedly threatened the guards that he would blow up the RBI building with a bomb. Apart from an air-gun, 1,000 air-gun pellets and a religious book was also seized from his bag.
“When his family was contacted in Kerala to check his background they said that he is undergoing treatment for a psychiatric ailment. But when our doctors conducted his medical examination they found him mentally fit,” said a crime branch official. “During interrogation, he replied to questions normally, but all of a sudden he reacts abnormally and retracts his previous claims. We can come to conclusions after examining the doctor under whom he is being treated,” the official added.
An officer said that Nair interrogation also revealed that he tried to look like Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and carried a long sack on his back. He even held the air-gun while entering RBI office in a style Kasab was photographed in as he gunned people during the 26/11 attack at CST station.
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