A tense rescue operation mounted by the Mumbai Police freed 17 children and three adults who had been held hostage at a theatre studio in Powai. The crisis was overcome when a police officer fired a round and shot the accused, Rohit Arya, who succumbed to injuries.

Accused Identified As Filmmaker, Activist

The man behind the hostage situation was identified as Rohit Arya, a Pune-based filmmaker-activist. Arya had allegedly rented the RA Studio at Mahavir Classic in Powai on the pretext of auditioning children for a web series.

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The ordeal began Thursday morning when the children and their parents arrived for the audition. By 1 pm, the children had not come down from the first-floor studio for lunch, raising alarm among parents.

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