Overview
- Mumbai Crime Branch arrested Rakesh Dubbula, an Agniveer, and his brother Umesh in Telangana on September 9 and transported them to Mumbai by the next day.
- Police say the stolen INSAS rifle and magazines were recovered during a September 9 raid on the brothers’ residence in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district.
- Investigators found that accused Rakesh and complainant Alok Singh came from the same 2023 recruitment batch, and contradictions in Singh’s account are under examination.
- The NIA, Intelligence Bureau and an Anti-Terrorism Squad officer have joined the inquiry, which is checking for Naxal links without finding concrete evidence so far.
- Officials say the motive remains unclear and the accused have not fully cooperated as police work to reconstruct the events leading to the theft.