Key Points
The WhatsApp group was created for those who showed interest in an Instagram handle by the name 'Deshbhakt88', which used an action call post to recruit people..
A WhatsApp group that was joined by people in the name of 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club' was used to plot the Parliament security breach, India Today has exclusively learnt from sources privy to the matter...
Comments by Lalit Jha and Mahesh Kumawat, two of the accused in the security breach, on the post suggested they joined the page later..
Police sources told India Today that the initial investigation indicated Sagar Sharma (26), another accused in the breach, was among those involved in creating the WhatsApp group..
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