Hero of the House: BJP MP RK Singh Patel hammered down one of the Lok Sabha intruders by neck catch

BJP MP RK Singh Patel was the person who caught hold of one of the two culprits behind the Parliament security breach.

Talking to News18, Patel said, “While we were on our way out I saw a security personnel grappling with one of the perpetrators. I lunged towards him and brought him down by his neck after which several other MPs arrived at the scene. The perpetrator tried to smother us with the smoke canister he was holding.”

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday was adjourned till 2 pm after two individuals jumped from the visitor’s gallery and burst smoke canister inside the house. Both of them have been detained by police.

The incident came on the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack of 2001.

Preliminary probe suggests that the perpetrators hid the smoke cannisters inside their shoes.

#WATCH | An unidentified man jumps from the visitor's gallery of Lok Sabha after which there was a slight commotion and the House was adjourned. pic.twitter.com/Fas1LQyaO4

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Furthermore, protests were going on outside the Parliament premises. The police detained two people, identified as Neelam and Amol Shinde, from the protest who were also seen bursting smoke colour bombs.

Who is RK Singh?

RK Singh Patel is the BJP MP from Banda in Uttar Pradesh.

In 2019, Patel was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha representing Banda. Also, he was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha from the Banda constituency in the year 2009.

He was elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Manikpur constituency in the year 2017, while he was elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Karwi constituency in the years 1996 and 2002, respectively.