The Delhi Police in its first information report (FIR) in the Parliament security breach case has mentioned that the two persons who opened smoke canisters in the Lok Sabha chamber had smuggled them in cavities cut into the left sole of custom-made sports shoes supported by thick rubber layers. The pamphlets that the duo, Manorajan D and Sagar Sharma, carried into the Lok Sabha had the picture of a fist against the backdrop of a tricolour, a slogan in Hindi and a slogan in English on the Manipur violence issue.
According to the FIR, the smoke canisters, which were opened inside and outside Parliament, had warnings and instructions to "wear goggles and gloves" while opening. A cavity was cut into the left sole of the LCR-made grey coloured sports shoes of Sagar Sharma. The thickness of the soles was increased by affixing additional rubber to support the cavity, it stated, adding that Manoranjan D's sports shoes too had a similar cavity in the left sole. Police said the right sole of the shoe was also found partly cut. The used creative color smoke were stated to be burst by Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D inside the Lok Sabha well.
The FIR stated the pair of sport shoe of Sagar Sharma of LCR make grey colour where in, a cavity was found created by cutting the inside sole of left foot shoe. “The thickness of the sole of shoes is also found increased by affixing additional rubber sole at the bottom to support the cavity. The pair of shoe along with a pair of light khakhi colour socks, was kept in a transparent plastic box sealed with the seal of SC. The pair of sport shoe of Manoranjan D of SRY make dark greyish colour where in, a cavity is found created by cutting the inside sole of left foot shoes,” it said
The FIR further mentions the inside sole of the right foot shoe was also found partly cut. The thickness of the sole of shoes was also found increased by affixing additional rubber sole at the bottom to support the cavity. The pair of shoes along with blue socks was kept in another transparent plastic box and was sealed with the seal of SC. Both the boxes were taken into possession as a piece of evidence through a separate seizure memo. The two used wet canisters of creative color smoke type colorsmoke 003 yellow color which were burst by the alleged Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D inside the Lok Sabha well area were also kept in a plastic box which was sealed with the seal of SC and taken into possession as a piece of evidence through a seizure memo.
"I along with inspector Vinay Kumar, officiating SHO PS Parliament Street, and other staff reached the office of the director of security of the new Parliament House Building where Omkar Singh, Deputy Director(S) Lok Sabha was present. "He handed over the complaint along with aforesaid mentioned persons namely Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D. He also handed over shoes of both the alleged and their Aadhar cards," the FIR stated.
According to FIR, The used canisters were given serial no 1,2,3 & 4 and the unused was given serial number 5. All these canisters are bearing warnings always wears goggles and gloves, never used indoor or enclosed spaces, 18+ uses and sale do not post or take on airplanes" Another instruction was found as" FOR USED IN SUPERVISE ARENAS ONLY" made in China.
In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, Sagar and Manoranjan jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour on Wednesday, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by the MPs. Around the same time, two others -- Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi -- sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting "tanashahi nahi chalegi" outside Parliament premises. Police have filed terrorism charges under the stringent UAPA against the four people.
Police said the other two accused -- Amol Shinde and Neelam -- were nabbed with four used and an unused coloured smoke canister. All these canisters bore a reminder to the users to wear goggles and gloves and never use those in indoor or enclosed spaces, they said.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police's Special Cell has detained two more people, including one from Rajasthan, on Thursday night. The two have been identified as Mahesh and Kailash and their detention comes after the authorities nabbed Lalit Mohan Jha, the fifth accused who is being described as the mastermind behind the plan. They had allegedly helped Lalit Mohan Jha -- thought to be the brain behind the security breach plan -- go into hiding after the incident, a source said. Jha, who had been on the run after the incident on Wednesday, walked to a police station in the New Delhi district on Thursday night and is now being interrogated by a counter-intelligence team, a source said.