Overview
- Hotel staff raised the case after the Jayamahal Palace manager’s May 6 complaint, filed when a guest failed to collect a Ruger magazine, the detachable cartridge holder for a firearm, with seven live rounds left in his room.
- Police summoned Arman Mutaahar the same day, seized the magazine and bullets, and produced him in court on May 7, which granted 10 days of police custody.
- Investigators later took his passport, phone, laptop, and documents, and a court on May 14 remanded him to judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
- Officers say the ammunition is American-made and report finding no firearm in their searches.
- Detectives are reviewing his travel history and his stated link to a firm that serves the US armed forces, and they are examining possible violations of India’s Arms Act and airport customs rules that require permits and declarations for bringing live rounds into the country.