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Seeking custody of four people arrested for the massive security breach in Parliament on December 13, the Delhi Police on Thursday told the Patiala House Court that it was a ‘well-planned attack’ to incite fear. The police reportedly told the court that the accused carried pamphlets claiming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be a ‘missing person’ and ‘proclaimed offender’. 

The police also told the court that the accused hid the smoke canister in their shoes that were made in Lucknow which needs to be probed, as reported by news agency PTI. 

The accused involved in the incident including Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi, have been charged under anti-terror law UAPA besides various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 

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Earlier in the day, the accused were presented before a special judge for NIA cases Hardeep Kaur by the Delhi Police. The police requested their judicial interrogation for 15 days. However, the court sent them to seven-day police custody. 

The police interrogation also revealed that one of the accused admitted that they wanted to enact the revolutionary action of Bhagat Singh, who threw bombs inside the Central Assembly during British rule in India, PTI reported citing sources. They planned to throw pamphlets in Parliament, police said. 

It was also revealed that all four accused were associated with a social media page named 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club'. "So far, all the four accused claimed to have been self-motivated and they were planning and executing the whole incident on their own," a senior officer said, as quoted by PTI.

The major security breach inside Parliament was reported on Wednesday, on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament Terror Attack. (ANI Image)

In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament Terror Attack, two intruders identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery. They released coloured smoke from the canisters and shouted slogans.

However, the intruders were overpowered by some MPs who were present in the house who thrashed them and handed them over to the ward staff. While another two accused identified as Amol Shinde and Neelam Azad, sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting slogans outside Parliament. 

The four accused were immediately taken into custody. One of their accomplices was later arrested from Gurugram. The sixth accused identified as Lalit Mohan Jha, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the security breach, was arrested by the Delhi Police late on Thursday night.

(With Agency Inputs)