New Delhi: Shortly after two intruders jumped from Lok Sabha Gallery and opened tear gas canisters on Wednesday, experts called the incident was major security breach and questioned the existing surveillance system in the new Parliament building.
"This is a security breach. It is quite surprising that someone could enter the Parliament carrying such smoke gas. This is an error on the part of the security personnel who scan people with such carelessness," former R&AW officer RK Yadav told ETV Bharat.
Yadav, however, said the incident cannot be compared with the 2001 attack. "The concerned people who did this might have a political agenda or they might want to divert the attention of MPs from a specific subject. This cannot be compared with the 2001 attack as that was Pakistan-sponsored," Yadav said.
"The area where this happened is also open for visitors. Anybody can do this in the gallery area. So one can also say that specific measures should be also taken in future to prevent any such mishappening," he said.
In the incident that took place on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and 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 'tanashahi nahi chalegi' outside the Parliament premises. All four were eventually arrested.
Two persons, involved in the Lok Sabha incident, have been identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan. Sharma had come to the visitor's gallery as a guest of Mysuru Lok Sabha member Prathap Simha. Those detained outside the parliament were identified as Neelam Devi and Amol Shinde.
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