Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has categorically distanced itself from claims made by Rohit Arya, the Mumbai-based filmmaker who held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage in Powai on Thursday. Arya, who was killed in a police operation to rescue the hostages, had earlier alleged in a video that the state owed him Rs 2 crore for his company’s work on an urban sanitation initiative.

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Rohit Arya’s Claim of Pending Payment

Before the tragic standoff, Arya had released a video stating that he was seeking “simple, moral, and ethical answers” from authorities. He claimed his firm, Apsara Media Entertainment Network, had not been paid for its involvement in an urban cleanliness project.

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