The intruder has been caught by the security personnel.
- Man climbed tree and scaled wall to enter Parliament House at 6:30 am on Friday
- Intruder reached Garuda gate by jumping over wall from Rail Bhavan side
- Security personnel caught the intruder, who is currently under interrogation
In a major security breach, a man entered the Parliament House by climbing a tree and scaling the 20-metre-high wall on Friday morning. The incident took place around 6:30 am. Officials said that the intruder, identified as Rama (20), reached the Garuda gate of the new Parliament building by jumping over the wall from the Rail Bhavan side.
The Garuda gate is around 15 metres away from the wall.
The intruder has been caught by the security personnel. He is being interrogated, officials said.
According to the Delhi Police, the man seems to be "mentally incoherent".
"Today, one person was promptly apprehended by alert CISF and Delhi Police staff from near the boundary wall of parliament, while probably attempting to scale inside. He is identified as Rama (20) of Uttar Pradesh. He seems mentally incoherent. Further interrogation and verification are underway," the police said.
The incident comes a day after the monsoon session of the Parliament concluded with frequent disruptions that overshadowed legislative business.
A similar incident of a security breach took place last year when a man in his early 20s scaled the Parliament wall and jumped inside the Annexe building premises. A purported video of the incident had also surfaced in which the suspect, wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, was seen being held by the armed CISF personnel. Nothing incriminating was found on the man during frisking.
In 2023 - on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack - two people, identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, allegedly jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters, and sloganeered before they were overpowered by some MPs. Around the same time, two other accused - Amol Shinde and Neelam Azad - sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting "tanashahi nahi chalegi (dictatorship won't work)" outside Parliament premises. All four of the accused were arrested. Two more people, Mahesh Kumawat and Lalit Jha, were also arrested.
Earlier this week, the Delhi High Court sought the Delhi police's response on a bail plea filed by Jha in the security breach case.
