Parliament security breach: PIL before Supreme Court seeks judicial probe

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a probe under the supervision of a retired Supreme Court judge into the recent Parliament security breach involving disruption of Lok Sabha proceedings and the hurling of gas canisters inside the House on December 13..The plea by advocate Abu Sohel said that it was a complete security lapse where the gas canisters thrown could have emitted poisonous gas.."It was a complete security lapse as the smoke could have been poisonous more or in place of smoke canisters they could have entered with lethal ammunition which is very much shocking that when a highest house (temple) of the nation wherein the future of the nation is decided, is under stake then the citizens of India are also under stake, resulting the judicial interference," the PIL stated..The petitioner expressed concerns regarding the safety and security of the Members of the Parliament, adding that anything could have happened inside the Lok Sabha due to such a massive security lapse. .Therefore, he has urged the top court to issue directions for an "independent, credible and impartial Judicial investigation under Supervision of Retired Supreme Court Judge into the matter of major security breach on 13.12.2023 into the lower house of Parliament," it was submitted..The police, so far have arrested six persons accused of orchestrating the disruption of Parliament proceedings, which took place on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack. The persons arrested so far by the Delhi Police are Mahesh Kumawat; Lalit Jha (alleged to be the mastermind); Neelam Devi from Jind, Haryana; Amol Shinde from Latur, Maharashtra; Lucknow resident Sagar Sharma, and Mysuru resident D. Manoranjan. Sharma and Manoranjan were identified as the two persons who entered the Lok Sabha to carry out the disruption.Charges were leveled under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against all the accused persons who are presently in police custody. On December 16, the Delhi police told a Delhi Court that the persons who conspired to breach Parliament’s security and protest inside the Lok Sabha on December 13 wanted to create anarchy in the country to get their “illegal demands met."On Saturday, the parents of Neelam Devi filed an application before a Delhi court to meet their daughter and to get a copy of the FIR. The court has issued notice to Delhi Police and kept the matter for further hearing on December 18 (today).