Five of the six accused in the Parliament security breach case moved an application in Delhi's Patiala House Court on Wednesday, 31 January, alleging that they were given "electric shocks" and forced to "sign 70 odd blank pages" to confess to their alleged crimes.
In their application moved in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur, the accused – Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Lalit Jha, Amol Shinde, and Mahesh Kumawat – said that during the polygraph, narco, and brain mapping tests, officials allegedly pressured them to name a political party or leader in connection with the case.
"Accused persons were tortured/given electric shocks to sign and confess the commission of crime under UAPA and their association with national political parties... two accused persons were forced to write on the paper about their association with the political party/leader of the opposition political party," stated the application accessed by The Quint.