Three workers from Uttar Pradesh were arrested after they tried to enter the heavily guarded Parliament complex using counterfeit Aadhaar cards. The Delhi Police have registered an FIR and begun an investigation against three arrested individuals.

The Delhi Police detained the three suspects, Kasim, Monis, and Soyeb, on charges of forgery and fraud. The trio were stopped and held by CISF personnel at the flap gate entry of Parliament House on Tuesday while they were in line for security screening.

The incident took place on June 4, following which the Delhi Police registered an FIR under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the FIR, a CISF personnel was checking photo IDs at iron gate no. 3 of Parliament House on June 4 when, he detected three workers trying to gain entry with casual entry passes.

The security officials found the documents doubtful. When the cards were sent for further scrutiny, they were found to be forged.

Later, Delhi police were informed, and they lodged a case based on the complaint made by the CISF officer. All three accused were placed in custody for further questioning.

The incident occurred six months after a significant security breach took place on December 13 last year, the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack. During that incident, two individuals leapt into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery and released canisters emitting yellow-coloured smoke, causing alarm among the parliamentarians. Additionally, outside the building, two more individuals were apprehended for engaging in similar activities.

The six who were arrested for the entire breach conspiracy were Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Dhanraj Shinde, Neelam Ranolia, Lalit Jha, and Mahesh Kumawat.

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