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accused arrested; sent to 7-day

police custody
The conspiracy to security breach in the parliament was being planned for
two years, police tells court
December 16, 2023 05:34 pm | Updated 08:20 pm IST - New Delhi

ALISHA DUTTA, ISHITA MISHRA

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Security personnel at the Parliament House complex during the Winter session, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit:
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The Delhi Police on December 16 arrested Mahesh Kumawat, a co-

conspirator of the security breach that unfolded in the Parliament on
December 13. The 33-year-old associate of ‘mastermind’ of the act, Lalit
Jha, Mr Kumawat is booked for conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

While seeking Mr Kumawat’s custody, the Delhi Police told Patiala House
Court that the conspiracy behind the recent security breach in the Parliament
was being planned for the last two years. The police added that the accused
had multiple meetings in various Mysuru, Gurugram and Delhi and their
sole aim was to create an anarchy and compel government to get their
‘illegal demands’ met.

The submissions were made by Public Prosecutor Akhand Pratap Singh in

the court of Additional Sessions Judge (special judge NIA), Hardeep Kaur.

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Citing reasons like recovering destroyed and damaged electronic devices
used to plan the security breach, the Delhi Police sought 15 days of police
custody for Mr Kumawat. The court remanded him to seven days of police
custody.

Mr. Kumawant, who was wearing slippers while being produced in the
court, told the legal aid provided to him, that he wasn’t even informed about
the grounds on which he was arrested. A 9th pass Kumawat added that he
wasn’t allowed to speak to family or get a lawyer.

His legal aid when objected that why his client wasn’t informed about the
ground of arrest which is his fundamental right, Mr Singh waved a copy of
the FIR in the court and said that he was shown the same. The legal aid
submitted in the court that his client can’t read and write.

The police said that Mr. Kumawat and his cousin, Kailash had provided
shelter to Mr. Jha when he fled from the Capital. According to police
sources Mr. Jha had reached Kuchaman city on a bus from the Capital where
he met, Mr Kumawat, who was also supposed to join the group but couldn’t
make it to the Capital since his mother had stopped him.

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“Mahesh and his cousin Kailash took Jha to a rented room in Nagaur where
they destroy the phones. The two then informed Kailash that they were
going to surrender before the Parliament,” said a senior police officer.

Kailash was detained on Thursday. He told police that the duo had boarded a
train for Jaipur fgrom where they will reach Delhi. The duo’s locatio