Bengaluru: Some miscreants set fire to a pile of clothes on the steps of the Karnataka Lokayukta office late Tuesday night. One of the main doors was badly damaged.
According to the sources, the Fire Control Room received the alert at 9.35 p.m. on Tuesday from the Vidhana Soudha police. The sources said there were signs of the miscreants breaking into the building, but confirmed that the fire was deliberate and was being considered as an act of arson.
The absence of any CCTV camera facing the entrance of the Lokayukta building has become a hurdle for police to investigate the case. It is said the police are now scouting for other CCTV cameras in the vicinity that could provide some leads.
The incident has raised security concerns given that the Lokayukta office is housed in the MS Building and next to the Vidhana Soudha.