Mumbai, Oct 30 (PTI) Mumbai on Thursday witnessed a tense situation where a large number of children were held captive perhaps for the first time, but the metropolis is no stranger to hostage crises which in the past have pushed it to the edge and tested police efficiency in non-terror cases.

Police successfully concluded a nearly three-hour long dramatic hostage situation, safely rescuing 17 children and two adults held at a studio in the Powai area by a person who died from a bullet injury sustained during police action.

The tense drama unfolded around 1:30 pm after the Powai police station received an alert that a person, identified as Rohit Arya (50), had taken 17 children hostage inside R A Studio in the Mahavir Classic building. The children, boys and girls between the ages of 10 t

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