Rohit Arya, who allegedly held 18 people, including 17 children, hostage at a Powai studio in Mumbai on Thursday, had meticulously planned the operation by installing motion sensors on the stairs and windows to alert him of any police entry, a police official said. He also insisted that anyone he spoke to remained within his line of sight, he added.

The hostage drama at Ra Studio in the Mahavir Classik building ended after the police entered the building through its rear end, with help from the fire brigade. The police opened fire during the rescue operation and shot Arya, who later succumbed to his injuries.

The children had been called to the studio for an ‘audition’.

“We found that he had installed motion sensors in the past few days when the ‘auditions’ were being held, as he wa

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