Amol Shinde, one of the accused who breached parliament security on Wednesday, always wanted to join the army and sought Rs 4,000 per month from his family to study further, said his parents, adding that they were not able to prove the same, reported PTI. They said Amol participated in army and police recruitment drives at various places, including Assam, and even worked as a daily wage labourer as he was unemployed.
25-year-old Amol Shinde is a resident of Zari village in Chakur tehsil of Maharashtra's Latur, and was arrested on Wednesday along with Neelam, 42, of Haryana's Hisar. They opened gas canisters that emitted smoke outside the Parliament building and shouted "Tanashahi Nahi Chalegi" (dictatorship will not be allowed), "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Jai Bheem, Jai Bharat".
After the entire incident, a team of Latur police visited his house in Zari village. His mother Kesarbai talked to reporters and said, "He (Amol) always wished to join the army. But I told him to work in some company as he was age-barred (for recruitment). We came to know about the (Parliament) incident when the police visited our house."
"The police took his documents related to sports into their custody." "Amol always said he wanted to study and go to Latur for that. He asked for Rs 4,000 per month, but we said that it was not possible for us. We already spent a lot and provided money for his school education," she added, quoted PTI.
His father Dhanraj Shinde said that Amol worked as a daily wage labourer and tried his luck for army recruitment and had gone to Assam, Nashik and Kolhapur for that purpose. "Others are joining through recruitment. He might have thought how many days should I do this (work as daily wager), therefore he could have done this (Parliament act). If he is saved (released in the case), he will come back to our village, but if he does not come, we will think that we didn't have a son," his father added.
Police earlier said Amol belongs to a Scheduled Caste community and is a BA graduate. He worked as a daily wager while preparing for police and army recruitment exams. His parents and two brothers also work as daily wagers, they added, quoted PTI. Amol's parents said he left home on December 9 saying he was going to Delhi for an army recruitment drive. Since he has earlier taken part in such recruitment drives, his parents did not find it unusual, a police official said.
Delhi police said that during his interrogation, Amol told the investigators they were upset with issues like the farmers' protest, Manipur crisis and unemployment and that's why they carried out this act. He told police that he bought at least five colour smoke canisters from Maharashtra's Kalyan at a price of around Rs 1,200, an official told PTI.