The Delhi Police have detained a 30-year-old software engineer from Bagalkot in Karnataka in connection with their probe into the security breach at the new Parliament house last week.
According to the officers of the Delhi Police Special Cell, Saikrishna Jagali is the son of a retired police officer from Bagalkot and works with a multinational company.
Saikrishna’s name cropped up during the interrogation of Manoranjan D who was arrested last week in the case.
Manoranjan along with Sagar Sharma had allegedly jumped from the visitors’ gallery into the Lok Sabha hall during a session. They then used coloured smoke canisters and were caught by parliamentarians.
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Their associates Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde were caught protesting outside Parliament with smoke canisters. The police then caught Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat for aiding the other accused.
As per the police, Manoranjan’s diary, which was among the seizures made in the case, revealed Saikrishna’s role in the case. Saikrishna and Manoranjan were roommates during college in Bengaluru in 2008-09.
After finding Manoranjan’s diary, the police said they questioned him and later picked up Saikrishna. They said he was being brought to New Delhi for interrogation and further remand. He was questioned at his hometown in Bagalkot.
The police said his father is a retired deputy superintendent-rank officer and his family was also questioned about their son’s role.
Sources said they have call records to “confirm” that Saikrishna was also one of the conspirators.
“We have access to some of the call records between him and Manoranjan and we suspect that he was calling Manoranjan during the time of the incident to coordinate with him. The men had been planning the protest for days,” said an officer.
Meanwhile, a 50-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district was picked up by the police on Wednesday. The police said Atul Kulshershtha is being questioned. They also said Kulshershtha is unemployed and was looking for “easy money” through the crime.
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