The police have been granted seven-day custody of Mahesh Kumawat, the sixth accused in the Parliament security breach case, by the Patiala House Court. The Delhi Police requested a 15-day custody detention for the accused, Mahesh Kumawat. He is the sixth individual apprehended in relation to the case.
The police asserted that he, along with others, intended to incite chaos in the nation in order to coerce the government into fulfilling their unreasonable and unlawful requests.
As per the Police, Mahesh has been connected with the other suspects for the past 2 years. He was complicit in the scheme. He was present at nearly every meeting that took place between them. He is actively engaged in the deliberate destruction of a mobile phone and the elimination of evidence, along along with the primary suspect Lalit Jha.
According to police sources, Lalit Jha, who is the fifth accused and the main planner in the case of breaching security at the Parliament, destroyed the mobile phones of his accomplices and his friend Mahesh after escaping to Kuchaman in Rajasthan.
Prior to the incident, all four suspects had surrendered their mobile devices to Jha in order to prevent the police from obtaining critical investigation information, as they expected to be arrested.
Jha encountered his acquaintance Mahesh, who arranged accommodation for him for the evening. Jha disclosed during his interrogation that they had both connected on Facebook.
The security compromise occurred on the commemoration of the 2001 Parliament terrorist assault. During Zero Hour, two individuals named Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D infiltrated the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery. They proceeded to unleash yellow gas from canisters and chanted slogans opposing the establishment. However, they were swiftly subdued by the Members of Parliament.
During a separate event, two protesters named Neelam (42) and Amol (25) demonstrated outside the Parliament using identical petrol canisters. Nevertheless, all four individuals were sent to a seven-day detention of the Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday.
Yesterday evening, Lalit Jha was questioned by high-ranking police officials, including two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) and Additional Commissioners of Police. During the interrogation, Jha provided a detailed account of the entire occurrence to the officials. According to sources, the interrogation revealed that the preparations for the security breach had commenced several months in advance. A valid entry pass was required to access Parliament; therefore, it was unavailable.
Lalit had requested assistance from individuals capable of facilitating the acquisition of a pass, so enabling smooth access to Parliament. According to reports, Lalit was vigilantly monitoring current events and police activities through news channels from a hotel in Rajasthan. In order to gather additional information regarding the case, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police has established six teams that would visit various sites associated with the suspects in Lucknow, Mysore, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Haryana.
The inquiry also uncovered that two sets of footwear were custom-made in Lucknow, since the perpetrator realised that shoes are not subjected to inspection in Parliament, making it a convenient method to smuggle the smoke canister into the premises. According to sources, the Special Cell will replicate the incident of the Parliament security breach that occurred on Wednesday by bringing the accused individuals to the Parliament compound on either Saturday or Sunday. As to reliable sources, the accused will be escorted to Parliament in order to reenact the crime scene. According to sources from the Special Cell, this information will assist the police in determining the method by which the accused gained access to the Parliament building using colour spray, as well as how they carried out their plan.