Delhi Police arrests parliament security breach accused Lalit Jha: report

Parliament accused of security breach, Lalit Mohan Jha, arrested by Delhi Police, ANI reported.

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday arrested the Parliament security breach accused Lalit Mohan Jha, news agency ANI reported. “Lalit Mohan Jha came to the police station alone. He is being questioned,” a Delhi Police official told ANI.

Police had earlier arrested four persons in connection with the security breach at Parliament. All four have been charged under the anti-terror law UAPA, besides sections of the Indian Penal Code, police sources said on Thursday.

During interrogation, it was revealed by the suspects that they wanted to carry out revolutionary Bhagat Singh’s action of throwing bombs inside the Central Assembly during British rule in India, the sources said.

The case was registered against the four – Sagar Sharma (26), Manoranjan D (34), Amol Shinde (25) and Neelam Devi (37) – under UAPA sections 16 (punishment for acts of terrorism) and 18 (punishment for conspiracy, etc.). .) and IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 452 (trespass), 153 (voluntarily provoking, with intent to cause riot), 186 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharging his duty) at the Parliament Street police station, police sources said.

What did Lalit Jha’s neighbors say?

Neighbors of Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind behind the security breach of Parliament, were surprised to see his images on news channels. They remembered him as a reserved person who rarely interacted with the community in Calcutta’s Burrabazar.

Papun Shaw, owner of a tea stall at Rabindra Sarani in Burrabazar area, the city’s business district, identified Jha as a ‘teacher’ who disappeared two years ago.

Shaw said: “He was known as a teacher and taught local students. A few years ago he came to the area and lived alone. He had hardly any contact with the local population. Sometimes he drank tea at my stall. He always kept a very low profile. He suddenly left the area two years ago and never returned.”