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Lok Sabha Secretariat suspends 8 personnel for Parliament security breach: sources

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has suspended eight personnel for the security breach in Parliament, sources said on December 14.

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Those suspended have been identified as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh, Anil, Pradeep, Vimitt and Narendra.

In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on December 13, two persons -- Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by the MPs.

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