Lalit Jha, who has been accused of being the mastermind behind the security breach in parliament has been remanded by a Delhi court on Friday.
The order remanded four more people who were arrested in connection with the case was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur, who had yesterday .
Public Prosecutor Akhand Pratap Singh appeared for the Delhi Police today and sought fifteen days custody of Jha.
The judge from Patiala House Court judge said that it would grant seven days of police custody.
On Wednesday, during the Lok Sabha session, two persons were seen in the chamber from the visitors’ gallery with canisters that emitted smoke.
The name of the two accused is Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan and both were arrested by Delhi Police.
Two more persons, Amol Shinde and Neelam, were arrested from outside the parliament where they were reportedly protesting with yellow smoke.
All four persons were arrested by the police earlier this week, while the alleged ‘mastermind’, Lalit Jha, remained absconding.
Jha was arrested by the police on thursday.
Jha disclosed about his involvement in the protest and how he is mastermind of the entire conspiracy and what was their motive.
What needs to be investigated is how the conspiracy was hatched and how they got funding. This will require detailed investigation and the poilce needs the mobile phones of the accused for details.
The Judge thus gave them to seven days remand.
Accordingly, Jha will now remain in police custody for seven days.
Since Jha did not have a lawyer, he was represented by public legal aid counsel during the remand hearing today