Bolarum arms case: 12 weapons reportedly recovered
Police, according to a statement attributed to Telangana DGP C.V. Anand, arrested former Army havildar Upputholla Mallesh in connection with the alleged theft from 20 Battalion, Madras Regiment.
A police station in the Bolarum area, where a case was registered over the reported disappearance of weapons and ammunition.
Police have arrested former Army havildar Upputholla Mallesh, 37, in connection with the alleged theft of firearms and ammunition from 20 Battalion, Madras Regiment, at Bolarum, Telangana Today reported on September 11. The report said the weapons were recovered after his arrest.
The reported recovery includes four AK-203 rifles, one 5.56 mm INSAS rifle, six 9 mm pistols, one civilian 6.35-bore pistol, 1,156 rounds of 9 mm ammunition and 720 rounds of AK-203 ammunition, along with INSAS ammunition, magazines and other equipment. The counts come from the report, not a publicly accessible recovery document.
A case had earlier been registered at Bolarum after weapons and ammunition were reported missing from the premises, The New Indian Express reported. The report cited Sections 331(4) and 305 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The precise FIR, remand status and full recovery record have not been publicly established in the material reviewed.
The DGP account reproduced in the report refers to the suspect as “Raju”, while the report names him Mallesh. That identity mismatch remains unexplained. The Army, police and Mallesh’s legal representatives have not publicly clarified it in the available material. For a case involving an armoury, even the names appear to need their own investigation.