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Police sources said the proposal was submitted this year to the Home Department after a survey of the existing security at the Mantralaya was conducted. Inquiries will be immediately launched into threats to commit suicide inside or outside Mantralaya. more-inThe Mumbai Police have submitted a proposal to the State government to turn the State Secretariat, Mantralaya, in Nariman Point into a high security area on a par with the city’s international airport in Andheri. Every year, many people attempt suicide in front of the Secretariat to protest against unmet demands.”Last year, two people tried to commit suicide outside Mantralaya and 120 people called up the police threatening to kill themselves. The Mumbai Police has recommended raising the height of the compound wall, installing electric fences, ramping up surveillance screening of entrants..