Parliament security breach: Accused had pamphlets calling Prime Minister a ‘missing’ person, says police
Seeking 15-day custody, the Delhi Police Special Cell stated they needed to conduct an in-depth investigation to unearth the larger conspiracy behind their acts.
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(From left) Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde — the four people arrested over their involvement in the Parliament security breach.The accused in the Parliament security breach were carrying pamphlets in which they called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “missing” person and had declared a reward from Swiss Bank for finding him, the Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) told a Delhi court Thursday.
“He has been shown like a proclaimed offender,” APP Atul Srivastava told the court.
In its remand application submitted in court, the Delhi Police Special Cell said that the accused had conspired to attack the Parliament to “terrify the MPs” and to “cause unrest in the country”.
The four accused, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde, were arrested and booked under sections of the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Wednesday and produced before Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur’s Court in Patiala House Thursday.
They were remanded to police custody for seven days.
The fifth accused, Lalit Jha, was arrested on Thursday night.
In their application, the Delhi Police Special Cell also said that Jha took the phones of the four accused to destroy evidence against them to hide the “larger conspiracy”.
Seeking 15-day custody, the Special Cell said they needed to conduct an in-depth investigation to unearth the larger conspiracy behind their acts. This includes investigating the involvement of other persons in the act and further questioning of the accused.
The Special Cell also stated that the police were trying to ascertain the accused’s financial transactions to ascertain who funded the attack.
Manoranjan and Sharma jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the Visitors’ gallery; Azad and Shinde opened smoke canisters outside Parliament.
Seeking 15-day custody, the Delhi Police Special Cell said they needed to conduct an in-depth investigation to unearth the larger conspiracy behind their acts.
APP Srivastava also stated that the shoes in which the accused hid the smoke cans were bought from Lucknow and the smoke cans from Mumbai. Further, the APP underlined that the accused had created a group called “Bhagat Singh Fan Club”.
“We need to take the accused to these places. We wish to find out who are the people behind it, what is the funding they got,” added Srivastava.
Counsel Umakant Kataria, representing the accused, said that 3-4 days of custody is enough for the investigation.
The FIR was registered against the accused under IPC sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with an intent to cause riot); 120-B (criminal conspiracy); 452 (trespass); 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions); 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servants from discharge of his duty); and Sections 16 and 18 of UAPA related to terrorism and conspiracy for terrorism.
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