kochi a day after thrikkakara municipality office witnessed unruly incidents following the opposition councillors gherao the chairperson in onam gift controversy situation remained normal on thursday however workers of some of the political parties including the bjp conducted marches to the office to protest the alleged cash gifting by municipal chairperson ajitha thankappanthere had been allegations that the chairperson gifted the councillors with cash during onam but she denied the charges following complaints by the opposition councillors the vigilance and anticorruption bureau had conducted a probe into itthankappan had locked her office room where the server of the computers and cctv cameras had been kept when the vigilance sleuths arrived at the municipal office on august 27 later the vigilance collected visuals of the incident using other means moreover audio clips of some of the councillors saying that the chairperson gave them money had gone viral on social media a few days ago it is learnt that the vigilance has received evidence to prove the allegations against the chairpersonearlier municipal secretary had sealed the chairpersons cabin preventing anyone from entering it after promulgating section 228 of the kerala municipality act 1994 but the chairperson entered her office disregarding the notice by the secretary on wednesday according to the chairperson the secretary is not authorised to issue notice to herthe opposition councillors soon gheraoed her and the police had to forcibly remove the opposition councillors this had created uproar in the municipal office the ldfled opposition councillors complained that the police manhandled them