Parliament Security Breach: LS Secretariat suspends eight security personnel

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has suspended eight security personnel for security lapses in the Parliament security breach incident, sources said on Thursday.

The suspended security personnel are identified as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh Anil, Pardeep, Vimitt and Narender.

The action was taken after a major security breach occurred on Wednesday when two intruders, Manoranjan D and Sagar Sharma, jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery and opened smoke cans. The Delhi Police later arrested them.

Two more persons, Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde, were also held outside Parliament where they opened similar smoke canisters. All four people have been charged under anti-terror Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

After the security of Parliament was breached, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha wrote to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) over a review of security and a decision was taken that no passes would be issued for the visitors' gallery till further orders.

On request from the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the MHA on Wednesday ordered an enquiry of the Parliament security breach incident, and an enquiry committee was set up under Central Reserve Police Force Director General Anish Dayal Singh with members from other security agencies and experts.

As per MHA, the enquiry committee will investigate the reasons for the breach in the security of Parliament, identify lapses and recommend further action.

"The Committee will submit its report with recommendations, including suggestions on improving security in Parliament, at the earliest," the MHA had said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had also met with leaders of political parties over the security breach incident and agreed with the Opposition leaders raising concerns related to security, assuring that security would be reviewed.

(ANI)