Thiruvananthapuram: A fire broke out at the North Sandwich block of the State Secretariat on today, May 9, near the office of minister P Rajeev on the 3rd floor. 2 units of the fire brigade were immediately deployed to the spot and were successful in extinguishing the fire.

However, some people report that there is more to it than meets the eye as the fire broke out at a time when the Congress-led Opposition is up in arms Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and P. Rajeev over the alleged Artificial intelligence camera scam. The opposition has been questioning the issue in which state public sector Keltron handled the case, which they allege is around Rs 100 crore.

Incidentally, the fire broke a day after Income Tax officials conducted an inspection at the office of Keltron - which was the implementing agency in the project of installing Artificial intelligence cameras for the Transport Department.

Another reason for the doubt over the authenticity of the fire incident is when the gold smuggling case, in which Swapna Suresh - the prime accused who had alleged links with the high and mighty -surfaced in 2020, a fire had broken out in the general administration department of the Secretariat.

However, police have registered a case against this morning's incident.

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