Four days after the Parliament’s
security was breached, the Delhi Police sped up the inquiries as teams recorded
the statements of family members of the accused on Sunday.
They claimed to have recovered pieces of
some broken and burnt mobile phones from Rajasthan’s Nagaur.
The houses of the accused were searched
and the statements of their family members were recorded by the police team,
sources told PTI.
Police have added the IPC Sections
related to the destruction of evidence to the FIR against the accused.
An officer privy to the investigations
said a few pieces of mobile phones were recovered on Saturday on the instance
of Lalit Jha, who was among the six arrested by the police in connection with
the case.
A team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell on
Saturday took Lalit Jha to Rajasthan’s Nagaur where he stayed with the help of
accused Mahesh Kumawat, officials said.
Sources said the Delhi Police has added
more IPC sections, including Section 201 (destruction of evidence/disappearance
of evidence) in the FIR registered on December 13. Police have filed terrorism
charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the
accused.
Police officials said Jha and Kumawat
intentionally destroyed the mobile phones to hide technical evidence related to
the case.
The Delhi Police has so far arrested
Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Amol Shinde, Neelam Devi, Lalit Jha and Mahesh
Kumawat for their alleged involvement in the Parliament security breach case.
Two men – Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D –
had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour,
released yellow smoke from canisters and shouted slogans, before being
overpowered by the MPs.
Around the same time, two others – Amol
Shinde and Neelam Devi – released coloured smoke from canisters while shouting “tanashahi
nahi chalegi” outside the Parliament premises.
Jha, who was present outside the gate,
had recorded the act on his mobile phone. After uploading it on social media
and sharing it with his friends, he went to Nagaur in Rajasthan. Kumawat and
accused Kailash, who are cousins, allegedly arranged his stay there.
Later, Jha and Kumawat came to Delhi and
surrendered to the police.
The sources said the role of one more
suspect, who was part of the Bhagat Singh Fan Club page, has surfaced.
“Jha had sent a video to him and asked
him to circulate it. He had also written ‘Jai Hind’ after sending the video,” a
source said, adding that the officials may call him for questioning soon.
During investigations, police found that
the accused, Sagar and Manoranjan, had come early in the morning to get the
front row in the visitors’ gallery of Parliament on December 13.
The officials still suspect that the
accused were handled by some other persons or handlers who brainwashed them in
the name of revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh to commit the act of
breaching the Parliament security.
PTI
