Parliament security breach: Key conspirator arrested; 4 accused charged under UAPA

They were also booked under IPC Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 452 (trespass), 153 (wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty).

An official said the security agencies have not found connections between the accused and any terror group so far.

Meanwhile, the police are also questioning Gurugram resident Vishal Sharma and his wife as the four arrested accused stayed at Sharma’s residence on Tuesday night.

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Mastermind’s arrest

Lalit Mohan Jha, the alleged mastermind in the Parliament security breach incident, was arrested on Thursday evening, said sources.

“Lalit Jha came to the Kartavya Path Police station, where he was arrested. He was handed over to Special Cell which is investigating the incident,” an officer said.

On Wednesday, Lalit came with the four others to Parliament. When they got only two passes, Lalit decided to take the mobile phones of all four — Sagar, Manoranjan, Neelam and Amol — with him.

During the interrogation of the four arrested, they revealed that they wanted to enact freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s action of throwing bombs inside the Central Assembly during British rule in India, the sources said.

The police said the accused had planned to throw pamphlets in Parliament after using the smoke bombs, adding that they had also bought tricolours.

The four arrested on Wednesday were associated with a social media page named ‘Bhagat Singh Fan Club’.

“So far, the four accused claimed to have been self-motivated and they were planning and executing the whole incident on their own,” a senior officer said.

As they were being produced before a Patiala House court on Thursday, reporters asked them on whose directions they enacted the security breach, Manoranjan replied “No one”.

(With PTI inputs)