NEW DELHI — Police arrested two individuals who jumped from the guests’ gallery into the decrease home of India’s Parliament on Wednesday, the speaker stated, in a serious safety breach on the anniversary of a lethal 2001 assault on the advanced.
Two accomplices additionally have been arrested outdoors the chamber, Parliament Speaker Om Birla stated.
Safety guards overpowered the intruders as one among them climbed over the tables of the lawmakers’ seating space, TV photos confirmed. They carried small canisters that emitted yellow smoke, stated Senthil Kumar, a lawmaker who was current within the chamber.
One of many arrested stated she was a scholar protesting rising unemployment. “Folks’s voice just isn’t being heard by the federal government. There cannot be a dictatorship within the nation,” she informed reporters as she was taken away by the police.
Lawmakers earlier within the day noticed the anniversary of the 2001 assault on the Indian Parliament by armed assailants who killed six law enforcement officials, two safety guards, and a gardener. All of the 5 attackers have been killed by safety forces. India blamed the assault on a Pakistan-based group.