Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Raichur Tea Seller Arrested For Seeking Pistol To Trigger Unrest
A 24-year-old man who sells tea in a town called Raichur was arrested by the police.
The police say he messaged a stranger in another country on a phone app and asked for a gun.
He wanted the gun, they say, to cause trouble in India.
The police were watching social media and noticed he was liking posts that were unkind to other groups of people.
He then wrote to a person named 'Rana Bhai' on Instagram.
'Rana Bhai' gave him a number to talk on WhatsApp and said he would give him money and help him get a gun.
The man also shared pictures of himself and his tea stand.
After checking his phone, police found angry messages and voice notes.
He was taken to court and sent to jail.
The police are still trying to find out who 'Rana Bhai' really is.
Raichur police arrested Mohammed Sahil, 24, a tea seller at Gandhi Chowk, for allegedly asking a foreign contact to provide a pistol to create unrest in India.
Police flagged Sahil after he liked provocative and hateful content on the Instagram account awais_rajpoot10 from July 8, with his activity continuing for about 15 days.
On July 14, Sahil contacted Instagram user 'Rana Bhai' to ask about getting a pistol; the user then shared a WhatsApp number and asked for Sahil's contact details.
Phone examination revealed WhatsApp conversations, voice calls, and hateful audio messages targeting a community, with 'Rana Bhai' offering money and to arrange a pistol.
Sahil told police 'Rana Bhai' lived in a Middle East country; he was produced before a magistrate and remanded to judicial custody while police investigate the contact's identity.
- Who
- Mohammed Sahil (24), a tea seller at Gandhi Chowk, Raichur, arrested by Raichur police, and 'Rana Bhai', a foreign Instagram contact he allegedly dealt with.
- What
- Sahil allegedly requested a pistol from a foreign social media contact to trigger unrest in India; police registered a case and he was remanded to judicial custody.
- When
- Police detected his activity on July 8 and his contact with 'Rana Bhai' came on July 14, with activity monitored for about 15 days.
- Where
- Raichur town, India; the contact 'Rana Bhai' was reportedly based in one of the Middle East countries.
- Why
- Police allege Sahil exchanged hateful and provocative messages against other communities and sought a weapon to create unrest in India.
- Accused
- Mohammed Sahil, 24, tea seller at Gandhi Chowk
- Allegation
- Seeking a pistol from a foreign contact to trigger unrest in India
- Key Contact
- Instagram user 'Rana Bhai', reportedly Middle East-based
- Detection Method
- Routine social media monitoring; liking content on awais_rajpoot10 from July 8
- Evidence Recovered
- WhatsApp chats, voice calls, and audio messages with hateful content
- Case Status
- Produced before magistrate; remanded to judicial custody
- Investigating Officer
- Raichur SP Arunangshu Giri
- Ongoing Investigation
- Police trying to identify and locate the person behind 'Rana Bhai' accounts