New Delhi: Minutes after two persons jumped from the visitor's gallery in Lok Sabha and threw some smoke canisters that emitted yellow fluorescent gas, two people, a man and a woman were detained by Police in front of Transport Bhawan here. Police said that a total of six people planned the security breach.
The incident took place outside the Parliament. Police detained the two protesters who have been identified as 42-year-old Neelam and 25-year-old Amol Shinde.
Neelam is a resident of Hisar in Haryana and Amol Shinde, is a resident of Latur, Maharashtra.
According to reports, five people involved in the twin security breach at Parliament have been identified out of the six people who planned the breach. Out of the six, two entered the Parliament while two other outside popped a smoke canister.
The woman protester was seen raising slogans, " Dictatorship, Crime Against Women Won't Be Tolerated" even as she was whisked away by cops.
The two were detained in front of Transport Bhawan who were protesting with colour smoke. The incident happened outside the Parliament in front of Transport Bhawan which is a running road.
'Sagar threw colour smoke canisters inside House'
MP Danish Ali claimed one of the persons who jumped into the well was identified as Sagar who was a guest of Mysuru BJP MP Pratap Simha. Another intruder who threw colour smoke canisters in the House was identified as Manoranjan. He reportedly hails from Mysuru and is an engineering student.
The incident inside Lok Sabha took place at 1 p.m. when BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal was chairing the House. There was commotion after the two men jumped from the visitor's gallery and the House was adjourned.
Dramatic scenes were witnessed as the men kept on climbing the tables towards the Chair. However, one was caught by the security officials even as MPs ran for safety cover.
Agarwal then immediately announced the adjournment of the House till 2 pm.
The massive security breach came on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament Attack.
Earlier during the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other parliamentarians paid their tributes to the security personnel who were martyred in the 2001 Parliament attack.
