MUMBAI: The "script" for the shocking Powai hostage crisis was apparently planned for over a month. Seventeen children had their hands tied and mouths taped at a recording studio Thursday, as everyone believed a "hostage scene" for a web series was being filmed. Panic set in only when the captor, Rohit Aarrya, pulled out a gun and an iron rod and threatened to kill them, according to chilling victim accounts. Police said Aarrya came prepared - rags sprayed with chemicals were placed around the duplex studio and on the floor to start a fire if things went wrong, motion detectors were fixed at the main door, and moving cameras were set up on all floors. A policeman said Aarrya had read out his web series script to 23 shortlisted children and their parents during the audition of 36 hopef

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