Court extends custodial remand of Lalit Jha till January 5

The Patiala House Court of Delhi on Friday extended the custodial remand of accused Lalit Jha by a further 14 days in the Parliament security breach caseHe was produced by the Special Cell of Delhi Police before the concerned court at the end of the remand period granted earlier last week by the same courtEarlier Delhi Police had apprised the Court that accused Lalit Jha disclosed that theyall accused met many times and executed the conspiracyDelhi Police while producing Jha before the concerned Judge last week informed that accused Lalit Jha has disclosed that accused persons including him wanted to create anarchy in the country so that they can compel the government to meet their demandsPolice had also said that he took the phones of accused persons to destroy the phones to destroy evidence and to hide the larger conspiracy He also disclosed that he threw his phone in the way from Jaipur to DelhiPublic Prosecutor Akhand Pratap Singh appeared for Delhi Police further submitted that an indepth investigation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy behind this wellplanned attack Police also sought custodial remand to find the actual motive behind the attack and his association with any other enemy country as well as terror organizations Police will also confront all accused with each otherNoted the submissions Additional Sessions Judge Dr Hardeep Kaur here on Friday extended custody of Lalit Jha till January 5 2023The security breach happened on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack Two peopleSagar Sharma and Manoranjan Djumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour released yellow gas from canisters and shouted antiestablishment slogans before being overpowered by the MPs Outside it in another incident two protestors Neelam 42 and Amol 25 protested outside the Parliament with similar gas canisters However all four were sent to sevenday custody of Delhi Police Special Cell on ThursdaySenior police officials earlier including two Deputy Commissioners of Police DCP and Additional Commissioners of Police interrogated Lalit Jha during which he narrated the whole incident to officialsAccording to sources during interrogation it came to light that preparations for the attack were being made months ago An entry pass was necessary for entry into Parliament hence it was not available Lalit had asked everyone who could arrange the pass so that they could easily enter ParliamentFrom a hotel in Rajasthan Lalit was continuously keeping an eye on ongoing developments and police movements through news channels they saidAccording to sources to unearth more details in the case the Special Cell of Delhi Police has formed six teams that visited the locations linked with the accused in Lucknow Mysore Karnataka Rajasthan Maharashtra and HaryanaThe investigation also revealed that two pairs of shoes were made on special order in Lucknow as the accused discovered that shoes do not get checked in Parliament and this can be an easy way to carry the smoke canister inside the parliamentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever