CHALAKUDY: RLV Ramakrishnan, younger brother of late actor Kalabhavan Mani, has been admitted to a private hospital on Saturday evening after he was found lying unconscious. It is learnt that Ramakrishnan had attempted suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. It was his friends who found him lying unconscious at Kunissery Raman Smaraka Kalagriham by around 7 pm.

Though Ramakrishnan was initially taken to the Taluk hospital, he was later shifted to a private hospital in Karukutty. Earlier, Ramakrishnan had accused the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy of discrimination after the academy rejected his application to present Mohiniyattam as part of the academy's online cultural festival.