New Delhi, Dec 18: The Delhi Police on Monday opposed before a court an application filed by an accused arrested in the Parliament security breach case seeking a copy of the FIR, asserting the “leak” of “crucial information” at this stage can influence the investigation.
The city police made the submission before Special Judge Hardeep Kaur, who reserved for December 19 the order on the application filed by Neelam Azad. The only woman accused arrested in the case has claimed not providing her a copy of the FIR violated her “constitutional right” as she was unaware about the charges against her.
Police told the court that the copy of the FIR, lodged under stringent sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), including terrorism, is in a “sealed cover” because of its sensitive nature.
“Further investigation is in progress and the accused is in police remand. Some other persons who might be involved are still at large. Therefore, providing the copy of the FIR to the accused at this stage can influence the investigation,” Public Prosecutor Akhand Pratap Singh told the court.
During the arguments, Azad’s lawyer said she was being harassed.
“(Azad’s) Parents are running from pillar to post. The Delhi Police is not allowing her to meet her family and also not supplying copy of FIR, which is a violation of her constitutional right,” the counsel told the court.
The court had on Saturday issued notice to police on Azad’s application.
Besides Azad, police have arrested Lalit Jha, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Shinde and Mahesh Kumawat in the case. All the accused are being interrogated in police custody.
Police ask Meta to share details of accused’s
accounts, deleted page
Delhi Police has written to Meta to access social media accounts of the six accused arrested in the Parliament security breach case and details of the now-deleted Facebook page ‘Bhagat Singh Fan Club’, where they met each other, according to sources.
Police have collected bank account details of all the accused to see if they received money from someone for executing the December 13 incident, they said on Monday.
According to police sources, police have also approached Google Pay and Paytm to know if there were any digital transactions on the bank accounts of the accused.
A total of six accused have been arrested so far in the case. Apart from Sagar and Neelam, other accused are Manoranjan D, Amol Shinde, Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat. They have been booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Meanwhile, a team of Special Cell visited Manoranjan’s residence in Mysuru on Monday and recorded the statements of his parents and relatives. The family was asked about his bank details and foreign visits, sources said, adding the team remained at his residence for at least seven hours.
Sources said a team of Delhi Police managed to identify the shoe shop in Lucknow’s Alam Bagh from where Sagar had bought two pairs of shoes, for Rs 600 each, in which he hid the smoke canisters. The shop is just a kilometre from his house in Lucknow, said a source.
Delhi Police Counter Intelligence unit has written to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to access social media accounts of the accused persons and sought details of Facebook page ‘Bhagat Singh Fan Page’ like the number of members, etc.
The page was created by the accused and later deleted.
Police have planned to check the e-mail accounts attached with WhatsApp numbers of the accused to get chat backup to know with who else they were in contact just before their alleged involvement in the case, they added. (PTI)
