Lalit Jha, the main conspirator of Parliament security breach, is a teacher and a Bhagat Singh fan

​"Everyone met in Mysore about one and a half years ago. Sagar came from Lucknow in July but could not enter the Parliament House. On December 10, one by one, everyone reached Delhi from their respective states. They gathered near India Gate, wher...

Parliament security breach: What we know so far about Lok Sabha intruders
The Delhi Police is conducting raids to the nab the sixth man suspected to be a key part of the group that breached Parliament, an officer said on Thursday. A resident of Kolkata, Lalit Jha is a teacher by profession and was the main conspirators of the security breach, police said.

Influenced by revolutionery Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Lalit and others were highly motivated to commit an act which could draw the country's attention to them, they said.

The security agencies so far have not found their connections with any terror group, the officer said.

E-rickshaw driver to aspiring teacher: Meet the 6 Parliament breach accused
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Sagar Sharma, 27, one of the four people detained by the Delhi Police for breaching the security in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon, is an e-rickshaw driver and is the son of a carpenter, Shankarlal Sharma. Sagar was one of the two men who entered the main hall of the Parliament from the visitor’s gallery in the House. He is a resident of Alambagh in Lucknow and security agencies, after getting his address from his Aadhaar card, have reached his residence, and are interrogating his family members, including his mother Lali and minor sister.

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Neelam Verma meets all the requirements to be employed as a teacher. She passed the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) seven years ago, but she is still unemployed at the age of 37. Somewhere along the way, a supporter of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh changed her identity to 'Neelam Azad' and took part in a number of demonstrations, including those in support of female wrestlers and farmers' rights. She was arrested on May 28 at Delhi's Jantar Mantar as a result of this engagement. She was taken into custody on Wednesday for using smoke canisters to demonstrate outside Parliament. This year marks the expiration of her seven-year Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) eligibility. Neelam has a particular place in her heart for unemployment. According to a family source, she frequently told them "it was better to face death" because she wasn't getting a job.

Neelam Verma meets all the requirements to be employed as a teacher. She passed the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) seven years ago, but she is still unemployed at the age of 37. Somewhere al..
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Manoranjan D, a 34-year-old engineering graduate from a college in Bengaluru, never even bothered to look for work ten years after graduating. A farmer by trade, Manoranjan's father Devaraj Gowda claimed that, in addition to his regular trips from Mysuru to Bengaluru, Delhi, and other unspecified locations, his son had even refused to get married and instead chosen to lose himself in books. He also had a visito's pass on the day of the attack and joined Sagar in jumping into the galleries of the Parliament. Manoranjan had also come to the Parliament during the Monsoon session, just to recee the area.

Manoranjan D, a 34-year-old engineering graduate from a college in Bengaluru, never even bothered to look for work ten years after graduating. A farmer by trade, Manoranjan's father Devaraj Gowda cl..
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Hailing from a village in Maharashtra's Latur, 25-year-old Amol Shinde was the one who joined Neelam to throw cannisters outside the Parliament. Shinde, whose parents are both farmers, wanted to join the Army or the police force. His father Dhanraj Shinde said that Amol felt his time was running out. Amol had goven up his studies after Class 12, but is good in running and exercises, his father revealed.

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Vicky Sharma and his spouse Rekha have been placed under arrest for allowing the accused to stay at their Gurugram home prior to the breach on Wednesday. Vicky is employed by an export company as a driver.

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Lalit Jha, the mastermind of the whole plan, is the only one who is to be arrested yet. A resident of Kolkata, Lalit Jha is a teacher by profession and was the main conspirators of the security breach, police said. Influenced by revolutionary Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Lalit and others were highly motivated to commit an act which could draw the country's attention to them, they said. Being a teacher, Lalit took the lead and instructed Manoranjan to do a reccee of all entry points of the Parliament during the Monsoon Session.

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According to the person, all six joined a Bhagat Singh fan page on Facebook after coming in touch with each other on social media.

Lalit, Sagar Sharma, and Maoranjan D had about a year ago met in Mysore where they made a plan to barge into the parliament. They later added Neelam and Amol into the plan.

Being a teacher, Lalit took the lead and instructed Manoranjan to do a reccee of all entry points of the Parliament during the Monsoon Session.
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"In July, Manoranjan came to Delhi and went inside the parliament on a visitor pass issued on the name of an MP. There, he got to know that the frisking of shoes does not happen," the officer privy to the investigations said.

On Wednesday, Lalit came with the four others to the Parliament.

When they got passes for only two of them - Lalit decided to take the mobile phones of all four - Sagar, Manoranjan, Neelam and Amol – with him.

The colour canisters, which were sprayed inside and outside the Parliament complex, had been brought by Amol from Kalyan, Maharashtra.
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Sagar and Manoranjan went inside, while Neelam and Amol stayed outside at the gate where they too opened the canisters, which emitted yellow and red smoke, the officer said.

Lalit later posted the video of the incident on his Instagram account and also shared it with Vishal Sharma alias Vickey –- also part of the group - soon after Neelam and Amol were detained from outside the parliament, the officer added.
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Lalit's last location was traced in Neemrana on the Rajasthan-Haryana Border.

Police had earlier said that all five had gathered on December 10 and stayed at Vishal Sharma's residence in Gurugram.

Neelam, Manoranjan, Amol, and Vishal are in custody and have been questioned by the Delhi Police Special cell and other security agencies.
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