A Delhi court on Thursday sent four accused arrested in connection with breach of security in new parliament building to police custody for seven days.
The accused—Manoranjan D., Sagar Sharma, Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi—were produced before Special Judge for NIA cases Hardeep Kaur by the Delhi Police in the afternoon.
All the four have been charged under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) besides various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The police had sought 15-day custody of the accused, saying their detailed interrogation is required to unravel the actual motive behind the incident.
"It was a well planned attack on Parliament," the police told the court.
"Special shoes were made in Lucknow which needs to be probed. They need to be taken to Mumbai, Mysore and Lucknow for probe," the court was told.
Following this, the judge granted seven-day police custody of the accused.
In a major security breach on Wednesday, two of the accused—Sagar Sharma and D. Manoranjan—jumped into the chamber of Lok Sabha from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs and security personnel.
Around the same time, the other two—Neelam Devi and Amol Shinde—also sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans 'tanashahi nahi chalegi' outside the parliament premises.
Police arrested all the four and later detained another man named Vicky Sharma at whose house in Gurugram the gang allegedly met on December 10 and planned the attack.
Lalit Jha, who is believed to be the key conspirator of the security breach, is still on the run and police have launched a massive manhunt to nab him.
According to the investigators, Jha, Sagar Sharma, and Maoranjan had met about a year ago in Mysore where they made a plan to barge into the parliament. They later added Neelam and Amol into the plan.
