THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As soon as the news of fire at Secretariat came out, Kerala Chief Secretary Viswas Mehta dashed to the office room under Public Administration department political wing where the fire incident occurred. He immediately ‘evacuated’ media persons from the spot. This sudden action is now being alleged as a mysterious step.

The chief secretary’s intervention happened when the Opposition was arguing that the fire happened in the office room where files related to the Gold Smuggling case were kept. Moreover, the fire happened in the office room on top of the chief secretary’s office.

There is also an allegation that attempts were made to seize the camera of the media persons who had rushed to the spot. While the BJP called the fire incident a pre-planned one, the Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said it was an attempt to destroy the files related to the gold smuggling case and the matter should be probed.