Parliament Attack Anniversary: Remembering CRPF Braveheart Kamlesh Kumari, the Unarmed Woman Constable Who Stood Between Terror and India’s Democracy

Parliament Attack Anniversary: Remembering CRPF Braveheart Kamlesh Kumari, the Unarmed Woman Constable Who Stood Between Terror and India’s Democracy

It was December 13, 2001, a winter morning that would alter India’s security history forever. As routine movements continued around Parliament House, a white Ambassador car entered the complex—fitted with a red beacon and bearing labels reading “Parliament” and “Home Ministry”. On any ordinary day, such markings would have been enough to reassure security personnel that the vehicle belonged to a VVIP. But this was no ordinary day as CRPF constab…