Overview

• Investigators have named five primary suspects—Rajesh, Shiva, Munna, Basha and one unidentified individual—and deployed ten teams to track them
• Four accused surrendered to a special operations unit and are being interrogated ahead of formal arrest
• Crime scene forensics recovered fired and unfired rounds and the getaway car has been seized for analysis
• Authorities are probing a suspected property feud and revisiting Naik’s role in a 2022 murder case for possible links
• The July 15 attack saw assailants use chilli powder to blind CPI state council member K Chandu Naik before shooting him at point-blank range