Security breach: Cantonment house security breach sparks controversy in Thiruvananthapuram |

Thiruvananthapuram: the private secretary of the leader of the opposition VD Satheesan filed a complaint with the state police chief, highlighting a serious security breach after the BJP and Yuva Morcha activists installed a flexible sign in front of the Cantonment housethe official residence of the leader of the opposition.
In the petition to the SPC, Satheesan’s private secretary said the intrusion into the cantonment house on Monday amounted to a serious security breach. Despite the presence of law enforcement, activists and criminals of the BJP and Yuva Morcha who marched in Thiruvananthapuram erected a flex board. outside the gate of the Cantonment House and chanted provocative slogans, but the police remained inactive, according to the complaint.
The petition further mentioned that BJP and Yuva Morcha activists attempted to install a similar flex board in front of the chief minister’s official residence, Cliff House, but were intercepted by police at Devaswom Board Junction. “However, the police allowed activists and criminals to reach the gate of the official residence of the opposition leader unhindered. The deviation from the usual practice of arresting protesters in front of the Mascot Hotel is considered a serious and questionable omission on the part of the police,” the statement read. added.
The petition also points out that serious errors have already been made by the Museum police, responsible for the area encompassing the Cantonment House. Last year, presuming that the opposition leader was in the office, DYFI activists breached security, scaled the wall, reached the portico of the Cantonment House and shouted slogans against the opposition leader . Museum police released the attackers on bail, he added.
Recurring security failures against the opposition leader and his official residence are treated with extreme leniency by the police, it is added.