New Delhi: The Patiala House court of Delhi, on Friday granted a 7-day police remand to the mastermind of the Parliament security breach case, Lalit Mohan Jha. Delhi police had sought a 15-day custody from the court.
Jha was arrested after he had surrendered to the Kartavya Path police station on Thursday; thereupon he was handled to the special cell of Delhi police.
Reporters can be heard asking questions and seeking his statement in the visuals when Lalit was brought by police to be produced to the court.
#WATCH | Parliament security breach accused Lalit Jha produced before Patiala House Court, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/ybzPdVbbRy
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2023
The ‘mastermind’ who can have another mastermind on whose command he had been working, was all mute after the court granted his custody to the police.
#WATCH | Parliament security breach accused Lalit Jha being brought out of Patiala House Court, in Delhi.
He has been sent to a 7-day Police remand. pic.twitter.com/aLGqzuuGoM
— ANI (@ANI) December 15, 2023
The Parliament security breach on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament Attack has blown the minds of leaders and countrymen. To have the audacity to perform a similar task on such a day was beyond shocking.
While the four intruders were apprehended from the place of the incident, the mastermind managed to escape with everyone’s phones and ID cards. He had burnt all the phones in Rajasthan and surrendered to the Delhi Police after which he was presented in the court on Friday.
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