THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recent reports claim that a woman official of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department has faced disciplinary action in connection with the controversy regarding the chief minister's signature. It is learnt that the deputy secretary of the department has been transferred to the Social Justice Department.

Though the file surfaced as per the RTI Act, it is suspected that the details of the file were handed over by the deputy secretary. The government has reportedly received crucial evidence regarding this. Following this, the official was transferred to the Social Justice Department. It was BJP spokesperson Sandeep Warrier who had disclosed the details regarding the forged signature.