Delhi Police gets 8-day custody of accused in assembly breach case

A city court on Tuesday granted the Delhi Police eight-day custody of a man who had breached the Delhi Legislative Assembly complex to leave a bouquet of flowers in the Speaker’s car, after the police contended that the man sought to “spread chaos” and sought his 10-day custody. The police said they are also exploring a “terror” angle in the case.

The court also acceded to the police’s application seeking to take the accused to the crime spot and other states for recreating the sequence of events by covering his face, and conduct a test identification parade.

Judicial magistrate first class Kartik Taparia said, “Considering the fact that the allegations against the accused are very serious, and from the prima facie case as brought by the investigating agency, it does not appear that the accused is mentally incapacitated to not understand the consequences of his actions”.