A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded Sarbjit Singh in eight days’ police custody for further questioning, a day after he allegedly drove an SUV through gate No. 2 and breached the Delhi Assembly premises. Meanwhile, the police announced the suspension of a Sub-Inspector (SI) and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) from the Assembly’s security unit in connection with the security breach.
In a major security lapse on Monday, Mr. Singh drove his vehicle through a police picket and placed an artificial plant on the porch near the office of Speaker Vijender Gupta, who was present there at the time. CCTV footage showed the accused spending at least five minutes on the premises before driving off, an officer said. Mr. Singh was arrested nearly two hours later from Roop Nagar.
During the court proceedings on Tuesday, the police sought 10 days’ custody to investigate how Mr. Singh managed to enter the Assembly and to determine whether anyone else was involved in the incident. The police informed the court that the accused has mental health issues.
‘Missing nephew’
An officer said Mr. Singh told the police that the incident was planned to draw attention to his nephew’s missing-person complaint. “The accused drove from his house in Pilibhit in search of his nephew Harman Singh, who had been living in Delhi’s Hari Nagar area. A missing complaint dated April 1 had been registered here, and Sarbjittold us he wanted to draw attention to the matter,” said the officer.
