Several empty liquor bottles were found dumped in a duct in the Maharashtra secretariat complex in south Mumbai, prompting the state government to order a probe.

The bottles were found lying under the staircase leading to the canteen on the ground floor of the Mantralaya, where offices of the chief minister, ministers, the chief secretary and other bureaucrats are located. The incident has raised questions about the apparent loopholes in the security system at the state government's seat of power.