Parliament Security Breach: 'Tortured To Accept Links With Opposition', 5 Accused Tell Court

5 people arrested in the Parliament security breach case told a Delhi court that they were allegedly being tortured with electric shocks by the Delhi Police to accept their links with the Opposition.

Manoranjan D, an accused arrested in the December 13 Parliament security breach case, being produced at the Patiala House court, in New Delhi

Source : PTI

Five of the six people arrested in the Parliament security breach case on Wednesday told a bench of Patiala House Court in Delhi that they were allegedly being tortured with electric shocks by the Delhi Police to accept their association with opposition parties.

They have alleged that they were given electric shocks to sign and confess (to) the commission of crime under the UAPA and their association with national political parties, they told the court, the PTI reported.

The submission was made before Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Court in Delhi.

The court further extended the judicial custody of all the six accused till March 1.

The five accused Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat have told the Delhi court that they were being forced to sign about 70-odd blank papers, the PTI reported. The sixth accused in the case is Neelam Azad.

The court has sought a reply from Delhi police in the matter.

The case will be heard again by the bench on February 17.

Earlier, the same bench of the Delhi court dismissed the bail petition filed by Neelam Azad, obseving that it would not be right to grant her the relief at this stage.

On December 13, 2023, the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by some MPs.

Around the same time, two other accused --Amol Shinde and Neelam Azad -- sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans outside the Parliament. 

Azad, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma and Amol Shinde were arrested from the spot. Jha and Kumawat were later apprehended for their alleged involvement in the incident.