Second accused arrested in IIT Bombay hostel live cartridge case

MUMBAI: In connection with the case involving the recovery of live cartridges from a hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus, the Powai Police on Saturday arrested the second accused. The accused, identified as Prashantraj Yadav (24), was apprehended from Ujjain while he was returning from a religious tour.

Yadav, a resident of Bihar, works as a real estate agent. According to the police, he allegedly shared photographs of weapons with the earlier accused who had already been arrested by the Powai Police in the case.

The incident dates back to February 19, when five live 7.65 mm cartridges were found in the room of Apurv Mishra, a first-year B.Tech student at IIT Bombay. Mishra was reportedly friends with Sarvottam Chaudhary, who had been arrested earlier in the case. Mishra had earlier told investigators that the cartridges were brought by Chaudhary.

According to the Powai Police, during interrogation it was revealed that Mishra had kept the cartridges in order to impress fellow students and gain attention, and not with any intention of harming anyone.