Parliament security breach: Mastermind Lalit Jha sent to 7-day police custody

In the latest update to the Parliament security breach case, the Patiala House Court on Friday sent Lalit Jha, one of the accused, to seven days of police remand. This comes after he was produced before the court by Delhi police. He was also provided legal aide counsel, Advocate Umakant Kataria.

The Delhi Police had sought 15-day custody of Jha, claiming he was the "mastermind" of the case. "He is a mastermind. We need his custody to unearth the whole conspiracy and main motive behind the incident. We need to travel and take him to different cities and places. We need custody to recover the mobile devices also." However, the court sent him to a seven-day police



remand.

A team of Delhi Police was also stationed in Rajasthan's Nagaur to apprehend Jha as the accused belongs to this place. It is believed that Jha was in constant touch with all the accused and the incident was allegedly carried out on his instruction, they said. 

It was Jha who shot the video of the protest outside the Parliament on his mobile phone and uploaded it on social media. Notably, he had absconded with the phones of four other accused before the incident on December 13. Individuals arrested in connection with the security breach in Parliament have been charged under the anti-terror law UAPA, in addition to sections of the Indian Penal Code.