NEW DELHI (AP) — 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.

Security guards overpowered the intruders as one among them climbed over the tables of the lawmakers’ seating space, TV photographs confirmed. They carried small canisters that emitted yellow smoke, stated Senthil Kumar, a lawmaker who was current within the chamber.

One of the arrested stated she was a scholar protesting rising unemployment. “People’s voice is not being heard by the government. There can’t be a dictatorship in the country,” she advised 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 cops, two safety guards, and a gardener. All the 5 attackers have been killed by safety forces. India blamed the assault on a Pakistan-based group.