Parliament breach incident: 2 more detained; police says ’Lalit Jha destroyed evidence’. 10 things we know so far

The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested, Lalit Mohan Jha, the alleged mastermind of the Parliament security breach on Thursday. As per the Delhi police, Jha came to Kartavya Path police station on his own, where he was arrested and has been handed over to Special Cell which is investigating the incident. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police will be recreating the scene of Parliament security breach by taking the accused to the Parliament complex on Saturday or Sunday, sources has said as reported by news agency ANI. According to sources, the accused will be taken to the Parliament to recreate the scene of the crime. This will help the police to find out how the accused entered the Parliament building with colour spray and how they executed their plan, sources from the Special Cell said. Delhi's Patiala House Court on Thursday granted seven days custodial remand of all four accused persons arrested in connection with the Parliament security breach matter.

Here's are the 10 things we know so far

1. The Special Cell of Delhi Police who is conducting an investigation into the Parliament security breach case has detained two more people following their suspected association with five arrested in the case.

2. These 2 detained are identified as Mahesh and Kailash, both residents of Rajasthan and both have an alleged association with a social media group called 'Justice for Azad Bhagat Singh'. During the investigation, it was known that Mahesh was also going to be part of the attack, however, for some reason was stopped by his family members.

3. Apart from Lalit Mohan Jha, the other four arrested persons are Sagar Sharma (26), Manoranjan D (34), Amol Shinde (25) and Neelam Devi (37).

4. According to police sources, Lalit Jha burnt the mobile phones of his associates along with his friend Mahesh after fleeing to Rajasthan's Kuchaman, as reported by ANI. It is revealed that Mahesh has also helped Jha to burn the mobile phones of his associates after he reached Rajasthan's Kuchaman from Delhi.

5. Giving more details on the interrogation, the sources further added that, it came to light that preparations for the attack were being made months ago. An entry pass was necessary for entry into Parliament; hence, it was not available. Lalit had asked everyone who could arrange the pass so that they could easily enter Parliament. From hotel in Rajasthan Lalit was continuously keeping an eye on ongoing developments and police movements through news channels.

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6. In order to unearth more details in the case, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has formed six teams that will go to the locations linked with the accused in Lucknow, Mysore, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Haryana, they said.

7. Moreover, the accused will also be taken separately to different locations for cross-verification and identification of evidence, as the Special Cell has had custody of the accused for 7 days.

8. The police has said that this was a well-planned conspiracy and attack on the Parliament of India. Police lawyers further submitted that the accused carried a pamphlet, declared Prime Minister Modi a missing person and said the person who found him would be paid money from the Swiss Bank.

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9. Influenced by revolutionary Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Lalit who is a resident of Kolkata and teacher by profession while the other five accused were highly motivated to commit an act which could draw the country's attention, police sources said as reported by PTI.

10. The Sources further added that all six joined a Bhagat Singh fan page on Facebook after coming in touch with each other on social media. According to the sources, Amol admitted to authorities during questioning that they committed the act because they were angry about things including the farmers' protest, the ethnic violence in Manipur, and unemployment. “They had the same ideology and hence decided to give a message to the government.”

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Meanwhile, the suspended security personnel, who were on deputation for Parliament security and tasked with frisking visitors and mediapersons, were identified by the police as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh, Anil, Pradeep, Vimitt and Narendra.

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The proceedings were also disrupted in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha forcing several adjournments following vociferous protests by Opposition members demanding a statement from the government on the security breach. As many as 14 opposition MPs including one from the Rajya Sabha were suspended for disrupting the proceedings. While TMC's Derek O'Brien was suspended in the Rajya Sabha, a total of 13 opposition MPs, including nine from the Congress and DMK's Kanimozhi in the Lok Sabha, faced similar action.

(With ANI, PTI inputs)