Government makes Secretariat out of bounds after office hours citing security reasons

The home ministry has cited security reasons to order all including its staff not to stay in the Secretariat after office hours.

The ministry said on Saturday if anyone needed to stay for urgent work, they will need to get permission from it in advance.

The Secretariat is a ‘restricted and sensitive’ zone, it said. No-one but the law enforcers can stay at the premises after office hours without prior permission at night.

The ministry also asked all the departments and other ministries to take steps to ensure that no staff stay in the Secretariat after office hours.