Vadodara: ‘Mentally ill’ man trespasses into Air Force station

VADODARA: A man suspected to be suffering from mental health issues was nabbed for trespassing into the Air Force Station (AFS) at Darjipura on Friday evening.
The accused identified as Hiralal Nisar was nabbed by AFS personnel immediately after he jumped the wall of the restricted zone along the national highway-48. Nisar, a resident of Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, was handed over to Harni police station where an offence of trespassing and under the Official Secrets Act was registered against him.
During interrogation, Nisar told cops that he decided to jump the wall after seeing an AFS employee on the watch tower as he wanted food.“The accused said that he thought that the man on the watch tower looked like a soldier so he would give him food,” said a police official.
Besides the local cops, Nisar was also interrogated by the officials of the central and state intelligence bureau. Nisar also told cops that he reached Vadodara from Surat by walking along the highway. On the way, he ate whatever people gave him. Cops found a few chocolates and bananas from him.
“We found his family’s contact details and contacted them. They said that they had been searching for him since he left home three months ago,” the police official said. Nisar said that he had taken a train to Surat where he worked as a security guard for some days but was removed from the job.
He has been admitted to a mental health hospital in Karelibaug for examination. “His family members are expected to reach Vadodara next week. Meanwhile, we have asked the doctors at the hospital to examine him and report about his mental health condition,” a cop said.