There was a major security breach during Zero Hour in Parliament at 1.02 pm on Wednesday after two men, both carrying smoke canisters emitting an as yet unidentified yellow smoke, jumped from the visitors’ gallery and ran into the Lok Sabha chamber.

Incredible footage from the House’s CCTV system showed one man, wearing a dark blue shirt, leaping across desks to evade capture, while the second was in the visitors’ gallery spraying smoke. Both men were overpowered by Lok Sabha MPs and security staff.

Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed a Lok Sabha official reading to the House seconds before the chaos. Suddenly, voices can be heard shouting, “Catch him, catch him”.

Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali told NDTV a visitor’s pass was recovered after the scuffle and that it had been issued by BJP MP Pratap Simha’s office. Irrespective of who issues a pass, any visitor must clear five levels of security before being allowed inside Parliament

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram told NDTV he initially thought somebody had fallen down from the visitors’ gallery. “It was only after the second person jumped that I realized it was a security breach… the gas could have been poisonous,” he said, calling for a thorough probe.

BJP MP Rajendra Agrawal, who was in the Chair and about to sign documents when the security breach happened, adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.

Two other individuals – a man and a woman – were detained outside Parliament, also with coloured smoke canisters that exploded and spewed red and yellow smoke.

Delhi Police sources have told NDTV the two incidents are likely related.

Serious questions are already being questioned about the security breach, which comes on the 22nd anniversary of the terror attack on the old Parliament building. In fact, hours earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a tribute to the nine soldiers who were killed.

Scammed by a cab driver in New Delhi and a four-hour wait at a hotel in Odisha – former badminton world champion Nozomi Okuhara’s has shed light on her ordeal in India after she arrived in the country for the Odisha Open Badminton Super 100 tournament. 

Following an incident at Delhi’s IGI airport where a stranger allegedly attempted to load her luggage onto a trolley without her consent, the Japanese shuttler recounted being allegedly scammed by a private taxi driver who charged her ten times the customary rate charged by Uber even though her hotel was just a ten-minute ride away.

Ms Okuhara wrote in her Instagram stories that the agreed-upon price for the taxi ride was Rs 1,344 (approximately 2400 yen) – already an inflated amount, however, upon reaching her destination, the driver allegedly demanded an additional Rs 1,890 in toll fees.

In Odisha’s Cuttack, where the badminton tournament is being held, four grueling hours in a hotel lobby, waiting for her booking to be confirmed, culminated in a desperate scramble for a ride to her 8 am practice session. 

Adventures in India Part 3 ft Nozomi Okuhara
I dont think after such experiences anyone would be willing to come back to India , harsh reality
I feel sorry on behalf of Indian Fans for all these the players have to go through 🙏 pic.twitter.com/luutwyE9dP

— Just Badminton (@BadmintonJust) December 10, 2023

After reaching her designated hotel, Ms Okuhara alleges that she was told no rooms were available for immediate occupancy. A representative from the Indian Badminton Association emerged. But instead of providing much-needed assistance, the representative allegedly surprised Okuhara with an unexpected and bizarre request: a selfie. The Japanese badminton player had to politely turn down the request as there were more pressing matters at hand.

With no shuttle service available, she was forced to rely on the kindness of Indian badminton stars PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy.

“The full story of harsh travel in India. I was prepared for it, but due to a series of problems, it was a physically and mentally demanding journey. I think I can survive somehow with the help of PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy! Well, it was the worst itinerary ever,” read a story on Ms Okuhara’s official Instagram profile. 

The prestigious international badminton tournament began yesterday at Cuttack’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium and will continue till December 17. 

The two men who triggered a massive security breach in the Lok Sabha have been identified as Sagar Sharma, the son of Shankarlal Sharma, and 35-year-old D Manoranjan, the son of D Devaraj, police sources told NDTV Wednesday afternoon. The two detained outside Parliament have been identified as Neelam, a 42-year-old woman, and Amol Shinde. 25.

Police sources have released limited information about the intruders, but have said Manoranjan is from Mysuru and a graduate in Computer Sciences from a city college.

One of those detained from outside Parliament is from Hisar in Haryana.