Thiruvananthapuram:Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress held a protest outside Kerala Secretariat on Tuesday and demanded a high-level probe into the fire incident in the protocol office and alleged that it is a conspiracy to destroy evidence in the gold smuggling case.
Leader Of Opposition in state Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Tuesday over the incident of fire at Kerala Secretariat and demanded an independent probe into the incident. The opposition parties also alleged that it was was a conspiracy to destroy evidence in connection with the gold smuggling case.
"We fear that there are elements who sabotaged inquiry (of Kerala Gold Smuggling case). There are very important files in the Protocol Office. It does not have any security. Had there been security, it would not have happened," BJP leader Kummanam Rajasekharan told media.
"We demand a thorough inquiry, the culprit should be booked immediately. We suspect that there is a very well planned move for sabotaging files in the Protocol Office," he added.
VT Balram, Congress MLA said that party does not believe in the inquiry being carried out by state government into the incident.
"We have demanded a high-level inquiry. Government has set up an official level inquiry with some middle-level IAS officers. We do not believe in it because the role of even the Chief Secretary is questionable. We suspect his involvement," VT Balram said.
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