India, Sept. 13 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday conducted a detailed crime scene reconstruction in the New Navy Nagar area of Cuffe-Parade, as part of the investigation into the theft of an INSAS rifle from the naval installation. The two accused brothers - Rakesh Ramesh Dubulla, 22, and Umesh Ramesh Dubulla, 25 - were brought to the location, where police carried out a formal panchanama in the presence of Navy police teams.

The case has raised serious national security concerns, as the accused managed to smuggle out an INSAS assault rifle along with three magazines containing around 40 live rounds by deceiving an agniveer (junior soldier), Alok Kaushal Kishore Singh, 20. Both Alok, the complainant, and Rakesh had worked together in...