Five of the six people arrested in the Parliament security breach case on Wednesday claimed torture by Delhi Police to accept their association with opposition parties.
The accused were produced before Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur, who extended the judicial custody of all six persons till March 1.
Five of the accused — Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat — told the court that they were forced to sign around 70-odd blank papers, a PTI report said.
“Accused persons were tortured/given electric shocks to sign and confess (to) the commission of the crime under the UAPA and their association with national political parties… two accused persons were forced to write on the paper about their association with the political party/leader of opposition political party,” claimed the accused in a joint petition presented before the court.
The court sought a reply from the police in the matter and fixed February 17 for hearing the application.
The sixth accused, Neelam Azad, had earlier alleged before the court that police had forced her to sign several blank papers. Azad’s application is currently pending before the court.
“During (after/before the conduction of polygraph/narco/brain mapping), the associated persons conducting the tests pressed two accused persons to name a political party/leader about their involvement.
“Each were asked about their current/old mobile phone numbers and made them visit the Airtel/BSNL/Vodafone offices for issuance of SIM cards of old mobile numbers and current SIM card numbers for reasons best known to the prosecution. During this illegal drill, accused persons gave their biometrics/signed for issuance of SIM cards,” the joint petition stated.
The accused persons also claimed they were forced to provide all their social media accountss, email and phone passwords.
Parliament Security Breach
In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two men – Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D – barged into the Lok Sabha on December 13, 2023, and released yellow smoke from canisters, raising concerns over security issues.
Meanwhile, two others – Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi – released coloured smoke from canisters while shouting “Tanashahi Nahi Chalegi” outside the Parliament premises.
While these four were taken into custody from the spot, Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat were arrested later.
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