Overview
- PSI Rafiq Gavandi received an alert on September 16 about a man near a hotel in Pawan Bagh, Malad West, leading a team under Senior Inspector Dushyant Chavan to detain Dheeraj Upadhyay.
- Officers recovered a knife and a live round from Upadhyay and found a country-made firearm hidden under a nearby railway bridge.
- During questioning, Upadhyay named Ravindra alias Raghavendra Pandey of Gorakhpur as his source, according to police.
- A Malad-led team supervised by ACP Hemant Sawant and Senior Inspector Chavan raided Gorakhpur, arrested Pandey, and searched his vehicle.
- Investigators say a hidden compartment in the vehicle held three country-made pistols, one foreign-made pistol, two magazines, and live cartridges including 12-bore rounds, and they are now tracing the wider supply chain.