KOCHI: The police have arrested an old man for attempting to murder film actor Kunchacko Boban. 76-year old Stanley Joseph, resident of Athikkuzhi House in Fort Kochi was arrested. He was charged with attempt to murder case and the police will present him in the court on Monday.

Ernakulam South railway police clarified that Stanley is mentally ill and the murder attempt was not motivated by any other factors. The incident happened at Ernakulam South railway station on previous Friday. Stanly tried to stab Kunchacko Boban when he was standing in the railway station. Kunchako Boban was waiting for Maveli express to go to Kannur. The murder attempt happened during this.

When other passengers reached near the actor on hearing a sound, Stanley ran away and escaped. Kunchacko Boban reached Kannur in the train and filed a complaint at the Palakkad railway police division. The police reached the hotel where the actor’s accommodation in Kannur is arranged and took statement from him. The attacker was identified from the CCTV footages of the railway station and the police took him in custody on Sunday. The police have also found the knife used to attack him.