It was presence of mind of Delhi Police constable Suresh Kumar on duty at the main gate of Parliament House that averted a bigger disaster following the terrorist strike.
Kumar ran out of the parliament building when he heard gun fire and when he saw Jaiprakash, a watch and ward staff, lying dead at the adjacent gate, he raised an alarm.

“The Delhi Police constable pushed a large number of people including MPs standing in front of the main gate inside the building with the help of watch and ward staff,” his colleagues said.

They said that former union minister Madanlal Khurana and his PSO had a providential escape when they were literally pulled inside the Parliament building before the gates were closed.

As the main gate of the building was closed, a terrorist, with a belt bomb tied to his waist, attempted to gain entry but was shot dead by an alert CRPF guard on duty outside.

The bomb on the terrorist's waist exploded in the gun fire tearing him apart, eye witnesses said.

One of the bullets fired by the terrorist lodged into the notice office of Parliament house.

Bureau Report