Parliament Security Breach: 5th Accused Nabbed; All Charged Under Anti Terror Law

The Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested the fifth suspect in the Parliament security breach case while the sixth accused is still on the run.

Sagar Sharma, D Manoranjan, Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi and Vishal Sharma are the five people arrested in the case.

• On the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, the house witnessed a major security breach as two people identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released yellow gas from canisters. They shouted slogans before being overpowered by some MPs.
• The Delhi Police has registered a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Parliament security breach, officials said on Thursday. Around the same time, two other accused -- Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi -- sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting "tanashahi nahi chalegi" outside Parliament premises.
• Police said the four were part of a group of six people who planned the incident. Officials said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with the incident.
• Police sources said the Parliament security breach was a well-planned and well-coordinated incident carried out by six people, all of whom were in contact with each other over Instagram and other social media platforms where they hatched the plan.
• The accused devised the plan a few days ago and they carried out a recce before coming to Parliament on Wednesday, they said. "Five of them stayed at Vikram's residence in Gurugram before coming to the Parliament. As per the plan, all six wanted to go inside the parliament but only two got passes," the source said.
• Interrogation of Amol Shinde revealed that the six accused had known each other for the past four years through social media. "They had the same ideology and hence decided to give a message to the government. The security agencies are trying to ascertain if they were instructed by anyone or any organisation. During interrogation, Amol said they were upset with issues like the farmers' protest, Manipur crisis, unemployment, that's why they committed this act," a police source told PTI.
• Manoranjan D, hailing from Mysuru in Karnataka, completed his BE (Bachelor in Engineering) in 2016 and was looking after the family farm. He also worked in some firms in Delhi and Bengaluru, his family said. He got the authorisation pass to enter Lok Sabha from the office of BJP MP Pratap Simha and introduced Sagar Sharma, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, as a friend.
• His father Devaraje Gowda, however, claimed that his son was honest and truthful and always desired to do good for society. "Hang my son if he has done wrong. That Parliament is ours. People like you all have built it. Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, and Nehru had toiled to build it. Whoever does it (attack) is condemnable. We will not accept it," Gowda told reporters in Mysuru.
• Sagar Sharma (28) left his house in Lucknow's Ramnagar a few days ago to attend a "protest" in Delhi. However, his family said they were unaware of his involvement in the Parliament security breach. "I heard my brother telling my mother that he was going to Delhi to attend a protest a few days ago," said Sagar Sharma's minor sister.
• "My brother drove an e-rickshaw and earlier used to work in Bengaluru," the sister added.
• According to police, Sagar Sharma, along with his sister and parents, lived in a rented house in the Ramnagar area and his father Roshan Lal is a carpenter.
• Twenty-five-year-old Shinde had left his village in Maharashtra's Latur district, saying he was going to Delhi to take part in an army recruitment drive, police said.
• Shinde, along with Neelam of Haryana, shouted: "Tanashahi Nahi Chalegi" (dictatorship will not be allowed), "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Jai Bheem, Jai Bharat" outside Parliament.
• After the incident in Delhi, a team of Latur police visited Shinde's house in Zari village.
• Shinde belongs to a Scheduled Caste community and is a BA graduate. He did odd jobs as a daily wager while preparing for police and army recruitment exams, police said. His parents told police that Shinde left home on December 9 saying he was going to Delhi for an army recruitment drive, police said.
• Family members of Neelam said she had earlier participated in several agitations including the farmers' movement. Neelam's mother Saraswati Devi told reporters at her house in Ghaso Khurd village in Jind that she came to know about the incident through the media.
• Neelam (35) was staying in a PG accommodation in Hisar for the last five months where she was preparing for competitive examinations, her brother Ram Niwas said. "I got a call from my elder brother to switch on the TV immediately. He told me that Neelam was arrested in Delhi," Niwas told PTI.
• According to Niwas, she actively participated in farmers' protests.
• He said that his sister, who has cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET), had visited the village two days ago, but she did not talk about the Parliament protest.
• Neelam's family members claimed that she has also done Masters, MEd and MPhil. "Her certificate of Haryana Teachers Eligibility Test had expired. I asked her to go to Hisar and get coaching for the same," said Niwas, who does livestock farming.
• A villager at Ghaso Khurd said Neelam had once gone with some villagers to Khatkar Toll Plaza during the farmers' protest against now-repealed farm laws. Neelam has three sisters and two brothers. His father Kohar Singh works as a 'halwai' (confectioner) in Uchana Mandi, the villager said.
• Police sources said the Parliament security breach was a well-planned and well-coordinated incident carried out by the six people, all of whom were in contact with each other over Instagram and other social media platforms.
• The accused devised the plan a few days ago and they carried out a recce before coming to Parliament on Wednesday, they said. "Five of them stayed at Vishal's residence in Gurugram before coming to Parliament. As per the plan, all six wanted to go inside parliament but only two got passes," the source said.
• Interrogation of Shinde revealed that the six accused had known each other for the past four years through social media. An official said Vishal Sharma earlier worked as a driver in an export company but of late he drove an autorickshaw. His neighbours claimed that he was a drunkard and often quarrelled with his wife.
• Sagar Sharma visited Vishal Sharma's house often and they were in contact for a long time. Vishal Sharma has a criminal background, official sources said. "Vishal and Neelam are natives of Hisar district," the official said.