Lok Sabha security breach: Accused was seeking Parliament pass from BJP MP Simha for over three months, say sources
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security breach: Accused was seeking Parliament pass from BJP MP Simha for over three months, say sources

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Prathap Simha, on whose authorisation passes were issued to two persons who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday, knew one of the accused identified as Manoranjan D as he hailed from his constituency Mysuru and he would come to Simha’s office very often, said sources One of the accused in Parliament security breach case had been pursuing BJP MP Prathap Simha and his office for the pass for over three months, said sources. Simha, on whose authorisation passes were issued to two persons who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday, knew one of the accused identified as Manoranjan D as he hailed from his constituency Mysuru and he would come to Simha’s office very often, they added. According to PTI, citing sources, Manoranjan introduced co-accused Sagar Sharma as a friend to the MP’s office and got passes issued to them on the pretext of watching the new Parliament. However, one person, a woman, had to return as she arrived with her child whose name was not mentioned in her pass, PTI quoted sources close to the MP as saying.

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BJP MP Pratap Simha's first reaction on Parliament security breach, says 'people in 2024...'
1 year ago

BJP MP Pratap Simha's first reaction on Parliament security breach, says 'people in 2024...'

India TV News  

BJP MP Pratap Simha, who issued passes to two accused who breached Parliament security on December 13, broke his silence, saying only God knows whether he is a patriot or a traitor. "Whether Pratap Simha is a patriot or a patriot will be decided by Goddess Chowmundeshwari, Maa Kaveri and my supporters who have loved my articles for the last …

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi Court extends custodial remand of Lalit Jha
1 year ago

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi Court extends custodial remand of Lalit Jha

Live Mint  

Delhi Court on Friday extended the custodial remand of Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind of the Parliament security breach, till January 5, 2024, according to a report published by the news agency ANI. On Thursday night, Lalit Jha was interrogated by senior police officials, including two Deputy Commissioners of Police and Additional Commissioners of Police. It was during the interrogation, …

Lalit Jha shared Parliament breach video with friend in Bengal, asked to 'circulate' it
1 year ago

Lalit Jha shared Parliament breach video with friend in Bengal, asked to 'circulate' it

India Today  

Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind of the Parliament security breach incident, had shared a video of the attack with his friend in West Bengal. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV, Chakraborty said he knew Jha since May 14 and had met him through Facebook. ABOUT PARLIAMENT SECURITY BREACH On December 13, the Lok Sabha, which was in session, …

Parliament security breach accused considered self-immolation, other options: officials
1 year ago

Parliament security breach accused considered self-immolation, other options: officials

The Hindu  

The five accused arrested in the December 13 Parliament security breach case have revealed that they explored self-immolation and distribution of pamphlets before settling on the plan to jump into the Lok Sabha's chamber with smoke canisters, Delhi Police officials said on December 16. The Delhi Police's Special Cell, which is investigating the case, also plans to record the statement …

Lok Sabha breach accused aimed to create anarchy: Investigators
1 year ago

Lok Sabha breach accused aimed to create anarchy: Investigators

Hindustan Times  

The group responsible for a shocking breach of Parliament’s security wanted to create anarchy in the country and compel the government to meet their “illegal” demands, investigators told a Delhi court on Friday, as the probe’s focus shifted to the fifth accused, Lalit Jha, who was described as the brain behind the conspiracy. Parliament security breach: Lok Sabha secretariat suspends …

Lok Sabha breach accused Neelam's lawyer says not being allowed to meet her
1 year ago

Lok Sabha breach accused Neelam's lawyer says not being allowed to meet her

Hindustan Times  

The advocate representing Neelam Azad, one of the suspects in the security breach on Wednesday, said that he was not allowed to meet Neelam even after waiting for over four hours. Speaking to news agency ANI, advocate Suresh Choudhary said, “Not allowing to meet the accused is a violation of the accused's rights.” Neelam Singh's advocate Suresh Choudhary speaking about …

Lok Sabha security breach: Suspended MPs stage sit-in protest in Parliament
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security breach: Suspended MPs stage sit-in protest in Parliament

Hindustan Times  

Suspended opposition MPs on Thursday staged a sit-in protest inside the Parliament complex over their suspension for the remainder of the Winter session from the Lok Sabha. Amid opposition protests demanding a statement from home minister Amit Shah over the security breach incident, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved two resolutions separately for the suspension of the MPs for disrupting …

Parliament security breach | 14 Opposition MPs suspended from House amid face-off
1 year ago

Parliament security breach | 14 Opposition MPs suspended from House amid face-off

The Hindu  

Escalating the face-off with the Opposition parties, that have been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah over the Parliament security breach, as many as 14 Opposition MPs were suspended on Thursday for the remaining days of the winter session of Parliament for disrupting the proceedings. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had moved two separate resolutions in the Lok …

'Could be grenade, bomb...': Congress wants action against BJP MP Pratap Simha over Lok Sabha security breach
1 year ago

'Could be grenade, bomb...': Congress wants action against BJP MP Pratap Simha over Lok Sabha security breach

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A day after two intruders created a ruckus inside the Lok Sabha chamber, the Congress and the BJP blamed each other for the major security breach, with the former demanding "strict" action against the latter's MP Pratap Simha, who had provided access passes to the accused. "The INDIA parties are demanding: 1. a detailed statement by the Home …

Who is BJP MP Pratap Simha who gave Lok Sabha passes to intruders? What he said
1 year ago

Who is BJP MP Pratap Simha who gave Lok Sabha passes to intruders? What he said

Hindustan Times  

Sagar and Manoranjan D who jumped inside the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery on Wednesday in a huge security breach in Parliament had their passes from Pratap Simha, a BJP MP from Mysuru. Pratap Simha is a journalist-turned-BJP MP whose political debut was in 2014 with a huge Lok Sabha win. 47-year-old BJP MP Pratap Simha represents the Mysore-Kodagu …

Different states, diverse backgrounds: Who are the 5 suspects in Parliament security breach?
1 year ago

Different states, diverse backgrounds: Who are the 5 suspects in Parliament security breach?

Hindustan Times  

On the surface, little ties them together. Yet, unbeknownst to their families, these four seemingly disparate people left home; and on the day the country marked 22 years of the attack on Parliament in December 2001, breached the security of one of India’s most hallowed buildings -- two of them rappelling down from the visitors’ gallery carrying incendiary but harmless …

Parliament Security Breach Initially Planned for Dec 14, Say Sources; Accused Booked under UAPA
1 year ago

Parliament Security Breach Initially Planned for Dec 14, Say Sources; Accused Booked under UAPA

News 18  

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Calibrated Parliament security breach, planned over months
1 year ago

Calibrated Parliament security breach, planned over months

Hindustan Times  

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Lucknow youth who breached Lok Sabha security, drove e-rickshaw and actively attended protests
1 year ago

Lucknow youth who breached Lok Sabha security, drove e-rickshaw and actively attended protests

Hindustan Times  

Shock was writ large on the faces of the family members of Sagar Sharma, 27, at their two-room rented dwelling in Ramnagar locality of Lucknow’s Alambagh after they came to know that he was one of the intruders who jumped into the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and set off a smoke canister inside the legislature. I had last spoken with …

Karnataka CM questions issue of passes from BJP MP's office
1 year ago

Karnataka CM questions issue of passes from BJP MP's office

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Expressing shock over the attack on Parliament, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday questioned the issue of visitor passes from the office of Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member Pratap Simha to Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan, two youths belonging to Mysuru, accused of hurling gas emitting objects inside Parliament house in New Delhi. Adding, he questioned the Prime Minister, “Could …

Woman arrested over Lok Sabha security breach a civil services aspirant, cleared teachers' eligibility test
1 year ago

Woman arrested over Lok Sabha security breach a civil services aspirant, cleared teachers' eligibility test

Hindustan Times  

Neelam Azad, one of the four protesters arrested by the police over the security breach in the Lok Sabha, has been staying in Hisar for higher studies. READ | 6 people behind Lok Sabha security breach, knew each other, carried out recce: Police "I'm uncertain about why she took this action. Neelam Azad, a 37-year-old woman from Ghaso Khurd village …

Security breach in Parliament as two persons jump into Lok Sabha from public gallery
1 year ago

Security breach in Parliament as two persons jump into Lok Sabha from public gallery

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha witnessed shocking scenes on December 13 when two persons jumped into the House from the public gallery, carrying what appeared to be gas canisters. Kerala said the Centre’s orders had “brought the operation of the State’s budget to a grave crisis”. “The inability to fulfill the commitments in its annual budgets has resulted in huge arrears that …

6 people behind Lok Sabha security breach, knew each other, carried out recce: Police
1 year ago

6 people behind Lok Sabha security breach, knew each other, carried out recce: Police

Hindustan Times  

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Lok Sabha breach: Who is Pratap Simha, the BJP MP who issued visitors pass to intruders?
1 year ago

Lok Sabha breach: Who is Pratap Simha, the BJP MP who issued visitors pass to intruders?

Firstpost  

Of the two individuals who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber and opened canisters, one of them was given a visitor’s pass by Mysuru MP Pratap Simha.The 42-year-old lawmaker is a former journalist and is quite popular for his columns Triggering a massive security scare, two men barged into Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday while the Winter Session of the …

Parliament security breach: I.N.D.I bloc leaders to meet President Murmu, seek Amit Shah's statement on lapse
1 year ago

Parliament security breach: I.N.D.I bloc leaders to meet President Murmu, seek Amit Shah's statement on lapse

Firstpost  

There will be a meeting of I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders in Parliament at 10 am on Thursday and time will be sought from the President for the meeting, according to a report A delegation of I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders will meet President Droupadi Murmu on the issue of security breach in Parliament, according to a report. Emerging from the meeting, Leader of …

Lok Sabha security scare: One accused is an engineer; father calls him ‘good boy’
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security scare: One accused is an engineer; father calls him ‘good boy’

Hindustan Times  

One of the two men who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors' gallery has been identified as Manoranjan from Karnataka's Mysuru district. Manoranjan's father Devraj Gowda said his son should be hanged if he had done something wrong. "If my son has done anything good, of course, I support him but If he has done something wrong …

News18 Evening Digest: Major Security Breach in Lok Sabha on Parliament Attack Anniversary And Other Top Stories
1 year ago

News18 Evening Digest: Major Security Breach in Lok Sabha on Parliament Attack Anniversary And Other Top Stories

News 18  

In today’s evening digest, News18 brings to you the latest updates on security breach in Parliament, PM Modi’s Viksit Bharat 2047 and other stories. Security Breach in Lok Sabha LIVE: Cong Alleges BJP’s Pratap Simha Issued Passes to Accused; High-level Probe Ordered A man jumped into the lawmakers’ area of Lok Sabha in Parliament, in a major security breach on …

'Sponsored by sitting MP': Shashi Tharoor's serious allegation on Lok Sabha security scare
1 year ago

'Sponsored by sitting MP': Shashi Tharoor's serious allegation on Lok Sabha security scare

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday levelled a serious allegation against the Bharatiya Janata Party that the two men who stormed the Lok Sabha were "The fact is that these people were apparently He pointed out that the incident took place on the anniversary of the 2001 attack on Parliament. "I do believe that the matter is serious …

Lok Sabha security breach: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questions Mysuru MP Pratap Simha's connection with the accused
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security breach: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questions Mysuru MP Pratap Simha's connection with the accused

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah raised questions about Kodagu-Mysore MP Pratap Simha’s connection with the accused who jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery and ran inside the House with yellow smoke canisters, causing a major security threat to members. Lok Sabha security breach: Karnataka CM questions MP Pratap Simha's connection Condemning the security breach, Siddaramaiah said, “It is …

Lok Sabha security breach: Engineering graduate carrying Lucknow Aadhaar card
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security breach: Engineering graduate carrying Lucknow Aadhaar card

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha security breach: In a security nightmare for India's Parliament, two men intruded into the Lok Sabha with smoke cannisters and disrupted the proceedings of the House during the Zero-Hour. The intrusion into the Lok Sabha came on the day when India is remembering the horrific 2001 Parliament attack in which nine people including eight security forces personnel were …

Parliament security breach: ‘Had no info about…’ BJP MP Pratap Simha who issued visitor pass to intruders
1 year ago

Parliament security breach: ‘Had no info about…’ BJP MP Pratap Simha who issued visitor pass to intruders

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Security Breach: The 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack saw four miscreants cause a ruckus inside and outside Parliament with coloured smoke cannisters, and slogans of ‘tanashahi nahin chalegi’. The visitor pass was issued in the name of Bhartiya Janata Party MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} An image of the visitor pass issued to the …

‘Big security lapse’: MPs slam ‘intrusion’ in Lok Sabha, demand probe
1 year ago

‘Big security lapse’: MPs slam ‘intrusion’ in Lok Sabha, demand probe

Hindustan Times  

Several members of parliament on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over a massive security breach in the Lok Sabha on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attacks. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury questioned what where the security officials doing when the security breach took place inside Lok Sabha. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked where were the …

Lok Sabha security breach: Accused had visitors' pass issued by BJP MP Pratap Simha, say reports
1 year ago

Lok Sabha security breach: Accused had visitors' pass issued by BJP MP Pratap Simha, say reports

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha security breach: The two men who barged into Lok Sabha on Wednesday, triggering a massive security scare, are identified as Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan, news platform India Today reported on Wednesday. As per the report, Sagar Sharma had a visitor pass to the Parliament which was issued by Mysuru BJP MP Pratap Simha. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Lok Sabha security …

Massive security breach in Lok Sabha, 2 intruders jump from gallery, spray gas
1 year ago

Massive security breach in Lok Sabha, 2 intruders jump from gallery, spray gas

Hindustan Times  

In a major security breach in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday – the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack – two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha from the visitors' gallery and started running around the House. As MPs came out of the Lok Sabha, they said the intruders were spraying some kind of gas. The intruders sprayed some yellow …

Parliament: Kin of accused Sagar, who jumped into Lok Sabha chamber, on security breach
1 year ago

Parliament: Kin of accused Sagar, who jumped into Lok Sabha chamber, on security breach

India TV News  

Parliament Security Breach: A relative of one of the accused, Sagar who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber and sprayed yellow coloured gas creating panic among the members of the House, said that they never heard of any such incident in the past and alleged a conspiracy behind this. All the accused involved in the Parliament security breach stayed briefly …

Parliament security breach: How did MPs thrash man who jumped into Lok Sabha? Watch Video
1 year ago

Parliament security breach: How did MPs thrash man who jumped into Lok Sabha? Watch Video

India TV News  

Parliament security breach: In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two persons on Wednesday jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour. One of the members who overpowered the two persons inside the Lok Sabha chamber said, "One of them was saying I am a patriot and came …

Parliament security breach: Who is Pratap Simha? Know about the BJP MP who issued passes
1 year ago

Parliament security breach: Who is Pratap Simha? Know about the BJP MP who issued passes

India TV News  

Parliament security breach: In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two persons today jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs. Know more about BJP MP Pratap Simha: Pratap Simha won two consecutive Lok …

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