{
  "id": 757106,
  "title": "Raichur Tea Seller Arrested For Allegedly Seeking Pistol From Foreign Contact To Trigger Unrest In India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/raichur-tea-seller-arrested-for-allegedly-seeking-pistol-from-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T10:27:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/raichur-tea-seller-arrested-for-allegedly-seeking-pistol-from-foreign-contact-to-trigger-unrest-in-india"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Raichur police have apprehended Mohammed Sahil, a 24-year-old tea seller from Gandhi Chowk, for allegedly attempting to procure a pistol from a foreign contact to incite unrest in India. According to authorities, Sahil's suspicious online activities were detected during routine monitoring of social media. Police discovered that Sahil had exchanged inflammatory messages against other communities and was frequently interacting with a person based in the Middle East on Instagram. On July 8, the police noticed Sahil liking and commenting on a provocative and hateful Instagram account under the name \"awais_rajpoot10\". Over the following 15 days, Sahil continued to engage in similar behavior. When the police traced his activities, they found that on July 14, Sahil contacted an Instagram user named \"Rana Bhai\" and asked if he could help him acquire a pistol. \"Rana Bhai\" provided Sahil with a WhatsApp number, and the two had numerous WhatsApp conversations, voice calls, and audio messages containing hateful content aimed at a specific community. Sahil had even shared images of himself and his tea stall with \"Rana Bhai\". In interviews with police, Sahil claimed that \"Rana Bhai\" resided in one of the Middle Eastern countries. The police are now working to identify and locate the individual behind the \"Rana Bhai\" accounts. Based on the evidence from Sahil's phone, an investigation has been launched, and he has been remanded to judicial custody.",
  "summary": "Bengaluru: The Raichur police have arrested Mohammed Sahil (24), a tea seller at Gandhi Chowk in Raichur town, who allegedly requested a foreign national on social media to provide him a pistol to create unrest in India. Kerala Youtuber Akhil NRD's Wife Reportedly Elopes With Bus Conductor Amid Marital Trouble - CCTV Footage Viral According to police, they detected Sahil's activities during…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}