Mumbai: It was tea vendor Umesh Tiwari, who runs a stall outside Mahavir Classic Building for the past six years, who first alerted the Mumbai Police about children being held hostage inside the building. Tiwari immediately called the police control room (100) to report the incident. However, even four days after the shocking Powai hostage case, his statement has not yet been recorded by the police.

Regular Customer Turned Accused

Tiwari told The Free Press Journal that the accused, Rohit Arya, was a regular customer at his stall.

“He used to drink tea with egg bhurji every day and had already fixed the rate with me,” said Tiwari. Arya had even taken Tiwari’s son’s audition for a project, later assuring him that he would be called again in December for an outdoor shoot.

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