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Mumbai Hostage Horror: Man Holds 17 Kids, Shot Dead By Police

📅 October 30, 2025 12:00 AM 🕐 Scraped: October 31, 2025

Summary: This special report covers the tense hostage crisis in Powai, Mumbai, where Rohit Arya held 17 children and two adults captive in a studio after luring them with a fake web series audition. Arya proclaimed in a video, 'I am not a terrorist, nor do I have a huge demand for money'. The crisis ended when Mumbai Police commandos stormed the studio, rescuing all hostages safely and shooting Arya, who later died from his injuries. The report delves into his possible motives, including claims of unpaid dues from the Maharashtra Education Department for a school cleaning project and his demand to speak with former minister Deepak Kesarkar. Police found an air gun and chemicals at the scene, and are investigating the incident which they described as a planned act.

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