Delhi police has arrested five more people for allegedly barging into the residence of lok Sabha MP and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari and attacking his staff members. A Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) was also suspended in connection to the incident as he was seen entering the MP’s residence during the incident. Enquiry has been initiated to find out if he had taken away anything from the house.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi district, BK Singh, said the five accused have been identified as Jagdish Chander (42), Om Parkash (31), Sunil Kumar (33), Pardeep Kumar (24) and Parshu Ram (32).
Jagdish Chander is a cook at the Rashtrapati Bhawan and is the brother of Jaswant Singh and Jai Kumar, who were the main suspects in connection to the attack on the MP’s residence and were arrested on Monday night.
Meanwhile, Om Prakash, Sunil Kumar and Pradeep Kumar are employees working for a catering company and Parshu Ram is a driver.
Police had also seized the tempo and iron rods which the accused had used to ransack the house of the MP.