more-inTwo layers of security — a door frame metal detector at the main entrance and security guards posted on the first floor of the building — failed to detect the knife or stop Tejraj Sharma from entering the chamber of Lokayukta P. Vishwanatha Shetty on Wednesday. People working at the Lokayukta office in MS Building are not surprised by the security lapses. The door frame metal detector did not beep to alert the guards about an armed man entering the building. Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy told The Hindu that a new door frame metal detector will be set up at the Lokayukta office at the earliest. “There is a metal detector, and after that, visitors are frisked with a hand-held metal detector.

Source: The Hindu March 07, 2018 17:48 UTC