One more held in House breach case, remanded in police custody

Mahesh Kumawat (32), arrested in connection with the Parliament security breach case, was on Saturday remanded in the Delhi Police’s custody for seven days to probe his alleged involvement in the conspiracy along with five other arrested accused for the last two years, police officers said.

Kumawat, a resident of Nagaur district in Rajasthan, was arrested on Saturday after being questioned for two days in connection with the major security breach in Parliament earlier this week, with the police saying the 32-year-old allegedly helped the mastermind accused, Lalit Jha (35), in the “destruction of the mobile phone” to “destroy evidence” and to “hide the larger conspiracy”.

Kumawat had accompanied his younger brother Kailash Kumawat (27) and Jha to the Kartavya Path police station around 10 pm on Thursday. While Jha was arrested shortly after he surrendered to the police and subsequently sent to seven-day police custody the next day, the two siblings were handed over to the Delhi Police Special Cell for questioning.

After his arrest on Saturday, the Delhi Police produced Mahesh Kumawat before a local court, seeking his custody alleging that the accused “wanted to create anarchy in the country so that they can compel the government to meet their unjust and illegal demands”, people familiar with the matter said.