Software engineer taken into custody by police in Parliament security breach case

A software engineer has been taken into custody by Delhi police in the Parliament security breach case, news agencies reported on December 21.

The man has been identified as Saikrishna Jagali from Vidyagiri in Karnataka’s Bagalkote. He is the son of a retired deputy Superintendent of Police.

Jagali's sister Spanda said a Delhi police team came and took her brother with them, PTI reported. "It is true that the Delhi Police came. My brother was interrogated. We have fully cooperated with the inquiry," the agency quoted her as saying.


Jagali works for a multinational company in Bengaluru. According to reports, he and Manoranjan D -- an accused arrested in the case earlier -- were roommates during their college days.

Spanda said her brother had done "nothing wrong". "Both Manoranjan and Saikrishna Jagali were roommates. Now my brother works from home", she told PTI.

A 50-year-old man named Atul Kulshreshtha from UP’s Jalaun district was also arrested along with Krishna, a ToI report said.

The report said citing police reports that Krishna’s name was found in Manoranjan D’s diary, which indicated a likely connection between the two.

It may be mentioned here that Manoranjan D's parents are being questions in Mysuru for the past few days as police teams hunt for further clues related to the case that surprised the country.

The case pertains to an incident that occurred on December 13 during the ongoing Winter Session wherein two man -- Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D -- smuggled smoke cannisters into and set them off inside the Parliament.

According to the police FIR, the two had carried the cannisters in cavities cut into the left sole of custom-made sports shoes.