Mumbai on Thursday (October 30, 2025) witnessed a tense situation where several 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.

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The tense drama unfolded around 1:30 p.m. after the Powai police station received an alert that a person, identified as Rohit Arya (50), had taken 17 children hostage inside RA Studio i

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