Parliament security breach probe: Four accused sent to police custody, 5th one surrendered

Four accused were produced before the Patiala House court. Accused Neelam, Manoranhan, Sagar and Anmol were produced before the court. The Delhi Police special cell has given a notice to the court seeking their remand. 

A team of Delhi Police is stationed in Nagaur, Rajasthan to arrest the sixth accused Lalit Jha, said officials. Jha is a resident of Nagaur. 

(Input: Kumar Sonu)

Neelam, accused in the Parliament security beach case, is being taken to the Patiala House Court.  The Delhi Police is conducting raids to the nab the sixth man suspected to be a key part of the group that breached Parliament, an officer said. A resident of Kolkata, Lalit Jha is a teacher by profession and was the main conspirators of the security breach, he added. 

“It is an intelligence failure and we hope for a fair investigation of the matter. Home Minister Amit Shah must answer, as the Delhi Police and all security agencies report to him. He cannot run away from this responsibility... BJP MP Mr Simha provided passes to these culprits, there is a very deep conspiracy behind this and he must not be left unpunished, said Congress MP Manickam Tagore.

According to the sources, the probe, so far, suggested that accused Lalit Jha was the mastermind of the security breach in Parliament incident. During the interrogation, it was revealed that the date of December 13 was fixed at the behest of Lalit Jha. Jha had called everyone for a meeting in Gurugram and It was Jha who shot the video of the colour attack on his mobile and uploaded it on social media. Before the incident, Jha took possession of the phones of the four accused and fled away. The police suspected that there may be pieces of evidence in the mobile, which he may try to erase. Jha's last location was near Neemrana, Rajasthan and police teams were continuously raiding to nabbing him.

"The way these people entered Parliament is very serious...The focus should be on the Parliament's security...The screening should be improved," said Union Minister Ramdas Athawale.

"He has never spoken anything wrong to which we would object...He told us that he was going to Delhi for two days and would come back and continue driving the vehicle...He said he's going for some work,"  said Rani Sharma, mother of the Parliament breach incident accused Sagar.

"This is a very serious issue. You cannot brush this issue as some sort of protest by some exuberant youth. The canisters fortunately had only inert gas but could have had poisonous gas," Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting over the Parliament security breach. Present at the meeting were Defence Minister Rajnath, Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal, and JP Nadda.

The police revealed that one of accused Lalit Jaha sent the video to an NGO founder Neelaksh. Jha is the general secretary of the Kolkata-based NGO.

Lok Sabha Secretariat suspended eight personnel for yesterday's security lapse incident in Parliament.

The security heightened in Parliament after December 13 security breach incident in the House. Only MPs are being allowed to enter the Parliament building from Makar Dwar, and all persons entering the building are being checked thoroughly by making them remove their shoes.

The Delhi Police Special Cell probe discovered some explosive facts during the probe-

• All the accused were associated with a social media page 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club'
• Everyone met in Mysore about one and a half years ago
• They gathered again a few months ago and made a plan
• Sagar came from Lucknow in July but could not go inside the Parliament House
• On December 10, everyone reached Delhi from their respective states
• Everyone had reached Vicky's house in Gurugram on the night of December 10
• Lalit Jha had also reached Gurugram late in the night
• Amol had brought the colored crackers from Maharashtra.
• Everyone met at India Gate where colored crackers were distributed to everyone
• Both the accused entered the Parliament House at 12 pm
• Lalit was making the video from outside during the uproar
• As soon as there was chaos, Lalit ran away with the accused's mobile phones
• They met on social media and then started using the Signal app to talk to each other

In a dramatic turn of events on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two persons -- Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D -- jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, creating chaos in the House. They released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by the MPs. 

Around the same time outside Parliament premises, two other accused -- Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi -- sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting "tanashahi nahi chalegi".

All the accused had reached Delhi from different places on December 10, the accused named Amol had brought colored crackers from Maharashtra.

The six individuals have been identified as Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Amol Shinde, Neelam Devi, Lalit and Vishal Sharma. The police said all six accused had known each other for four years and hatched the plan a few days ago. The accused were in touch with each other through social media platforms and had done a recce before coming to Parliament on Wednesday, the sources said.

The four who were held inside and outside have been put under arrest and one Vicky is being interrogated.

Delhi Police Special Cell registered a case under the UAPA section asserting the Parliament security breach on Wednesday was well-coordinated and meticulously planned allegedly by a group accused, six of whom have been arrested. The accused will be produced before Patiala House court at 2 pm today.