In Lok Sabha, two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs. Around the same time, two persons, including a woman, also sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans outside Parliament premises in New Delhi.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla later informed the House that four persons had been arrested – two from inside the House, and two from outside Parliament in connection with the incident.
Following the incident, Gorhe gave directions to authorities concerned not to issue passes for the council gallery, news agency PTI reported.
Meanwhile, two of the four people apprehended are still being held within the Parliament premises, the remaining two are under detention at the Parliament Street Police Station.
The two men, who managed to enter the Lok Sabha Hall from the visitors’ gallery on Wednesday, have been identified as Manoranjan Kumar and Sagar Sharma, both residents of Mysore. While Manoranjan is an Engineering student from Karnataka, Sharma’s visitor’s pass was issued on reference of Karnataka’s Mysuru BJP MP, Pratap Simha.
The other two, a man and a woman, who were protesting with coloured flares outside Parliament and were detained by Delhi Police, have been identified as Neelam, a resident of Hisar in Haryana and Amol Shinde, a resident of Latur, Maharashtra.
(With Agency Inputs)
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