Parliament security breach probe: All accused sent to police custody, Om Birla writes letter to all MPs

Sixth accused Mahesh Kumawat has been sent to police custody for seven days. He was produced before the Patiala House Court on Saturday. 

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police will not recreate the scene of Parliament security breach, sources said. They said that the crime scene will neither be created inside nor outside the Parliament. According to the Special Cell, there are modern CCTV cameras at every gate of the Parliament, everything is recorded in the cameras, apart from this everything was recorded on live TV, hence there is no need for recreation.

(Input: Atul Bhatia)

Accused Neelam's parents moved an application in Patiala House Court of Delhi, seeking a copy of the FIR registered against her and others. They also sought the court's direction to Delhi Police to allow them to meet with her during the remand period. The concerned court issued notice to Delhi Police and fixed December 18 for a detailed hearing in the matter.

Mahesh Kumawat, one of the accused in the Parliament security breach case, was arrested in Delhi today. He was the sixth accused to be held by Delhi Police. He was one of the accomplices in the conspiracy hatched by mastermind Lalit Jha and other accused. So far, six people have been arrested -- Lalit Jha, Mahesh, Neelam, Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Amol Shinde.

Rahul Gandhi blamed unemployment due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy for Parliament security breach that took place on December 13.

After getting accused Neelam medically examined in Safdarjung, the Special Cell team returned to the NFC Special Cell office. Special Cell says that some ground paper work is left, after which Neelam will be taken to her hometown Jind.

Mahesh Kumawat used to brainwash people through anti-government videos using pictures of revolutionaries. It was Mahesh Kumawat who helped Lalit Jha hide during his escape. These posts revealed that Mahesh Kumawat was not only providing logistics to the accused, but played an important role in this group and conspiracy.

Delhi Police is investigating social media posts of mastermind of the Parliament security breach incident Lalit Jha, and has found provocative posts, which read on October 26, "What India needs is a bomb". The police suspect that Lalit provocated people using social media.

People associated with this page may be interrogated in the coming days. All the accused came in contact with each other through the Instagram page. This fan page was created to brainwash the youth.

In the investigation so far, Lalit has claimed himself to be the mastermind. His biggest objective was to prove his influence in the media, hence a plan was prepared to enter the Parliament. Initially the plan was only to protest outside the Parliament during the session. "Everyone seems to be self-radicalized, till now they have brainwashed many youth. The investigating agency has received information from Lalit's social media page. The accused had attracted many youth of the country and joined them," sources said.

(With inputs from Abhay Parashar)

Bhagat Singh fan page was created on Instagram. The page was created with the handle named Patriot 88. An appeal was made in the page to join the youth of the country. Lalit joined the chat box of this page and introduced himself. Later Mahesh joined and introduced himself. The person running the page, patriot-88, asked them to come on WhatsApp.

Delhi Police Special Cell will record the statement of BJP MP Pratap Simha in connection with the Parliament security breach incident that took place on December 13. Notably, the intruders had got access to Lok Sabha's visitors' gallery through the pass issued by Simha's office.

Sagar Sharma, one of the two accused who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber in a major security breach in the Parliament on December 13, told the Delhi Police that they had initially planned to set themselves ablaze, but dropped the idea.

Brother of Amol Shinde, one of the two persons who protested outside the Parliament on December 13, said that he took the drastic step "due to unemployment". Amol was arrested along with Neelam soon after the incident on Wednesday.

Delhi Police Special Cell will investigate the background of the arrested accused persons, as part of which it is likely to question the close ones of the accused. The police are also likely to visit the places of stay where they lived. The recreation of crime scene is likely today or tomorrow at the Parliament complex.

Parents of mastermind of the Parliament security breach incident, Lalit Jha, claimed that their son used to teach at private tuition classes and coaching centre and that he was not involved in the incident on December 13.

The alleged 'mastermind' behind the Parliament security breach, Lalit Jha wanted to create anarchy in the country and compel the government to meet their demands, Delhi Police told the court. He was arrested on Thursday and was sent to seven-day custody. On Wednesday, two people who were present in the visitors' gallery in the Lok Sabha jumped into the chamber and created a ruckus when Members of Parliament were having discussions during the zero hour. The accused raised slogans and sprayed yellow-coloured gas from canisters before being overpowered by MPs. At the same, two other people were raising slogans outside the Parliament and spraying the same yellow-coloured gas. Lalit Jha was among the five people involved in the security breach and was filming the entire incident outside the Parliament. Though he was able to escape on Wednesday but was arrested the next day.