Parliament Attack: The fifth suspect in the Parliament security breach case has been taken into custody by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell, according to reports cited by news agency PTI. According to police sources who spoke with India Today, the incident took place on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack and involved a well-planned intrusion by six people.
Accused’s Extended Connection
During questioning, it came out that the six accused had been in contact for four years and had carefully planned the breach a few days before the incident. According to sources, in the days before the incursion, they conducted reconnaissance of the Parliament building and coordinated through social media.
Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D’s Daring Leap
Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, who were apprehended by MPs on Wednesday, December 13, during Zero Hour, jumped from the public gallery into the Lok Sabha chamber, yelling slogans and releasing yellow petrol canisters. The two were placed under police custody, and shortly after, Amol Shinde and Neelam, a man and a woman, were arrested for demonstrating outside the Parliament building while carrying cans that released a yellowish smoke.
Two Additional Planners Behind Parliament Breach
According to sources, the plan was hatched by two additional people in addition to the four who were arrested. Five of the accused had stayed at Lalit Jha’s house in Gurugram, including the two who entered the Lok Sabha. Five have been located and apprehended; the sixth is still at large. The investigation is being headed by Delhi Police’s Special Cell, which handles counterterrorism operations. A complaint has been filed under the strict Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), among other sections, including trespass, criminal conspiracy, obstruction, and provocation with the intent to cause a riot.
Intruders Crafted Parliament Breach Plan a Year and a Half Ago
The accused admitted during questioning that they were all connected to the “Bhagat Singh Fan Club” on social media. About a year and a half ago, they had met in Mysuru, where they later made their plan. One member of the group even entered Parliament earlier in March to survey the area as part of their thorough reconnaissance efforts. They took advantage of a security lapse in which shoes weren’t properly inspected. Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla verified the intruders’ capture and the material’s seizure after the breach. According to preliminary investigations, the smoke posed no threat.
Ministry of Home Affairs Forms Inquiry Committee
An inquiry committee headed by CRPF DG Anish Dayal Singh has been established by the Ministry of Home Affairs to look into the security lapse and suggest ways to stop similar incidents from happening in the future. One of the intruders’ visitor passes was issued in the name of BJP MP Pratap Simha. Simha later clarified that the accused’s father had asked him to issue the pass.
Leaders Demand Accountability for Parliament Breach
Leaders of the opposition have demanded accountability, holding MP Pratap Simha accountable for the breach and demanding his expulsion. The hack occurred on the same day as the commemoration of the LeT and JeM terrorist attack on the Parliament in 2001, which claimed nine lives, including eight security guards.
Parliament Breach Details
Six people were involved in the breach, two of whom—Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D—were able to enter the Lok Sabha building. They jumped out of the public gallery during Zero Hour, shot yellow gas out of canisters and yelled slogans until law enforcement and members of parliament put an end to them. The detained suspects told police and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials during their interrogation that the security scare was not an unplanned incident but rather the outcome of a well thought out plan that had been in the works for more than a year, sources told India Today. Lalit Jha, the sixth accused in the case, was the mastermind behind the scheme.
Late-Night Meetup
Travelling from different states, the group came together in Delhi between December 6 and December 10. They met late at night at accused Vicky’s Gurugram home, where Lalit Jha also joined them. Amol, an additional defendant who was detained on Wednesday for staging a protest outside the Parliament building, had brought coloured crackers from Maharashtra that were supposed to be used during the demonstration. They got a pass from the PA of an MP on Mahadev Road the morning of the incident, and then they split up the coloured crackers at India Gate. Sagar and Manoranjan entered the Parliament House between 11 a.m. and noon in order to carry out their plan. Lalit Jha was assigned the duty of recording the disturbance from the outside while the mayhem inside took place.
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