That day which was no less than a dark morning for the country’s Parliament. This day was 13 December 2001 and the winter session was going on in the Parliament. The time on the clock was 11:28 in the morning. The Prime Minister of the country was Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Sonia Gandhi was in the role of Leader of Opposition. The House was adjourned for some time due to ruckus by the opposition during the session. The proceedings of both the houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were adjourned for 40 minutes.
Who knew that within a short time the Parliament House area would be engulfed in the echo of AK47 bullets. After the adjournment of both the Houses, the PM and the opposition leaders had gone out from there, but about 200 MPs including the big leader of that time Lal Krishna Advani, many ministers were still present in the House.
Terrorists passed near the Vice President’s convoy
Now the time was 11:29. A convoy of 4 vehicles was standing near Gate No. 11 waiting for the then Vice President. Then suddenly a white Ambassador car enters the Parliament House complex at high speed. This happened so quickly that even before the Lok Sabha security personnel could take any steps to stop it, the terrorists changed the direction of the car and hit the Vice President’s car with force.
terrorists had started laying wires
Sub Inspector Jeetram had a scuffle with the terrorists. He had guessed that the terrorists had come here with some big plan because they also had AK47. Jeetram left the collar of the terrorists, held the revolver in his hand and opened fire. Then the Parliament House complex echoed with the sound of bullets. 8 security personnel were martyred there. The terrorists present there got down from the car and started laying wires. The aim of the terrorists was to blow up that car with a bomb right there and succeed in their nefarious intention of damaging the Parliament House.
All the MPs including Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani were shifted to a safe place. All the doors of the Parliament House were closed one by one. So that terrorists cannot enter through any gate. The MPs present inside the Lok Sabha had no idea of ​​the seriousness of what was happening in the Parliament complex, which was the battlefield outside.
9 people died
To increase the terror among the security personnel present there, a terrorist blew himself up with a bomb and died. Three more terrorists were killed by the security forces. While a terrorist was trying to enter there somehow, he was also killed. In this incident, one employee of Parliament along with 8 security forces died. A woman CRPF jawan was also involved in this.
The car was bought from my shop
When a person named Harpal Singh saw the news of an attempt to attack the Parliament, he ran to the Parliament House and told that the car which came with the terrorists to the Parliament House was bought from his shop. Just two days before the attack, Afzal Guru and another person had bought the car together. The mastermind of this attack was Afzal Guru. He was given death sentence on 9 February 2013.