Five of the six people accused in the December 13 Parliament security breach case in Delhi claimed in court that they were tortured, given electric shocks, and coerced into admitting to the crime and their alleged links to political parties by the Delhi Police. They reported being forced to confess to associations with Opposition party leaders while undergoing polygraph or narcoanalysis tests, and were made to sign around 70 blank pages of paper. They also said they were forced to share the passwords to their phones, email IDs, and social media accounts. The accused are Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde, and Mahesh Kumawat. On the day of the breach, Manoranjan D and Sharma had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery and opened gas canisters, while Shinde and a sixth person, Neelam Azad, had opened smoke canisters and shouted slogans outside Parliament. All six were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Delhi Police Special Cell has asked for additional time to file its reply, and the matter will be heard in court on February 17. On December 16, the Delhi Police’s advocate had told the court that the security breach was a “well-planned conspiracy.”
In a Delhi court, five out of six individuals who were accused in the Parliament security breach case claimed that they were tortured, administered electric shocks, and coerced into admitting the crime and their alleged links to political parties by the Delhi Police. According to their application filed in the Patiala House Courts, two of the accused were forced to confess to associations with Opposition party leaders while undergoing polygraph or narcoanalysis tests, and all five of them were made to sign around 70 blank pages of paper by the police. They also reported being forced to share the passwords to their phones, email IDs, and social media accounts. The accused are Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde, and Mahesh Kumawat. On the day of the breach, Manoranjan D and Sharma had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery and opened gas canisters, while Shinde and a sixth person, Neelam Azad, had opened smoke canisters and shouted slogans outside Parliament. All six were booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Delhi Police Special Cell has requested additional time to file its reply, and the matter will be heard in court on February 17. On December 16, the Delhi Police’s advocate had told the court that the security breach was a “well-planned conspiracy.”
In summary, the accused individuals in the Parliament security breach case in Delhi have claimed that they were tortured and coerced into admitting the alleged crime and their links to political parties by the Delhi Police. They were allegedly forced to confess to associations with Opposition party leaders, sign blank pages of paper, and share the passwords to their electronic devices. The matter is scheduled to be heard in court on February 17, and the Delhi Police has sought additional time to file its reply. The security breach was described as a “well-planned conspiracy” by the Delhi Police’s advocate.