Overview

• Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested two brothers from Telangana and recovered the INSAS rifle and 40 rounds taken from Navy Nagar on September 6.
• One suspect is reported to be a serving seaman posted in Kochi, with potential motive and alleged external links under examination by the NIA and ATS.
• CCTV shows an impersonator in a Navy uniform posing as a QRT reliever and throwing the rifle over the compound wall to an accomplice before exiting.
• Police formed multiple teams, followed technical leads, and say the pair left Maharashtra before being detained and brought back on transit remand.
• The Navy has convened a Board of Inquiry to scrutinize duty rosters, access control and protocol adherence after a junior Agniveer handed over the weapon to the impostor.