The Patiala House Court has granted a 15-day extension to the custodial remand of four accused individuals—Manoranjan, Neelam, Sagar, and Anmol—in the Parliament security breach case. The accused will remain in the custody of the Special Cell of Delhi Police until January 5, 2024. The case revolves around the security breach that occurred on December 13 when two individuals jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber, triggering smoke cans and raising slogans.
Earlier in the day, the Counter Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Special Cell brought all six accused in the Parliament breach case to recreate the event. This exercise aimed to match the sequence of events as per the versions provided by the accused. The accused had allegedly formed a WhatsApp group with 7-8 members to plan and share the entire conspiracy for breaching multiple levels of security and entering Parliament.
The Special Cell is actively engaging with all members of the group and seeking assistance from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to retrieve the email used by one of the accused. The individuals were kept in different units of the Special Cell, where they underwent sustained interrogation. On Wednesday, the accused were handed over to the CIU for joint interrogation.
The security breach occurred on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terror attack on Parliament. Two individuals, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, deploying smoke cans and raising slogans before being overpowered. Simultaneously, two protestors, Neelam and Amol, demonstrated outside Parliament with similar gas canisters. All four were arrested and remanded in the custody of the Special Cell for seven days.
The Delhi Police is working to have the SIM card destroyed by the accused reissued to access the email used by one of them. Additionally, six teams from the Special Cell have been assembled to visit locations linked to the accused in Lucknow, Mysuru, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Haryana. Investigations have revealed that two pairs of shoes were specially ordered in Lucknow, as the accused aimed to exploit the lack of shoe checks for visitors to the new Parliament, allowing them to hide smoke cans under their footwear.
