A PIL seeking a judicial probe into the security breach in the Lok Sabha was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday, with the petitioner arguing that if Parliament, “wherein the future of the nation is decided, is under stake, then the citizens of India are also under stake”.

The petition has been filed by Abu Sohel Son, an advocate and a resident of Gimageria village in Bengal’s East Midnapore, seeking a direction for an “independent, credible and impartial judicial investigation under supervision of a retired Supreme Court judge into the matter”.

The petitioner stated that the major security breach coinciding with the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack resulted in huge damage “to the reputation of the nation in the world”.

“It was a complete security lapse as the smoke could have been poisonous or more in place of smoke canisters, they could have entered with lethal ammunition which is very much shocking that when a highest house (temple) of the nation wherein the future of the nation is decided, is under stake then the citizens of India are also under stake, resulting the judicial interference,” the petitioner said.