THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An employee slept in the office of Secretariat South Block after getting drunk. He shouted profanities and tried to attack the security guard who tried to wake him up in the night. Police came and took the person out of the office. Cantonment Police registered a case against him afterwards.

Anil Kumar, a native of Peyad, who is an office attendant in the labour department, is the one who fell asleep in the building. The case is based on a complaint filed by Assistant Officer R Jayakrishnan of the Secretariat's security department. The incident took place on the first floor of the office at 8:30 pm on Saturday.

According to the police: Anil Kumar, who was drunk in the afternoon, slept in the vacant part of the office. He did not know that the other employees left after the working hours. Anil Kumar was lying unconscious on the floor when the security personnel came to lock the doors of the office at night. The security officer woke him up immediately and asked him to come out. The security personnel tried to drag out Anil but he was not ready for that. Meanwhile, Anil tried to assault the security guard with the key in his hand and shouted abuse. Cantonment Police who came after the issue was reported to them, took Anil out.