The accused allegedly confessed that he was looking for a beggar or a stranger when he encountered the victim (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Kozhikode: A man who likes jails stabbed another just to be put behind the bars. The accused allegedly stabbed a man in front of the city commissioner's office. Allegedly, the accused stabbed a man and entered the commissioner's office and surrendered.

The 33-year-old entered the commissioner's office with the knife he had used to stab the victim. The accused was identified as Prabin Das. The accused who hails from Valayam was allegedly not acquainted with the victim.

Soon after the accused entered the commissioner's office, he was followed by the victim. The victim entered the office with his wounded neck and collapsed. Though he was taken to the Kozhikode Government Medical College immediately, the victim could not survive.

The alleged incident took place at the footpath near Mananchira in Kozhikode. While talking to the Deccan Chronicle, Kasaba sub-inspector, KV Smithesh said that though the identification of the victim is yet to be done, the police did find some documents with the victim. The documents were written in Tamil and based on the same, the police are suspecting that the victim might be a native of Tamil Nadu.

Investigation revealed that the accused was unemployed and wanted to go to the jail at any cost. The accused allegedly confessed that he was looking for a beggar or a stranger when he encountered the victim.

A police officer stated that immediately after the incident, the accused went up to the security guard deployed at the gate of the office and confessed to his crime. The accused allegedly kept telling the police that he had been wanting to go to jail for a long time.