Overview
- Police received the first call around 1:45 pm and, after failed negotiations, breached RA Studio through a bathroom with QRT, bomb squad and fire brigade support.
- All 17 children and two adults were freed unharmed and handed to guardians following a roughly 35-minute rescue operation.
- The suspect, identified as Rohit Arya, released a video saying he sought conversations rather than money and warned he would set the studio on fire if provoked.
- Officers recovered an air gun, chemicals and a lighter at the scene, with items sent for forensic analysis.
- Authorities are verifying Arya’s claims of unpaid government-related work and examining how children were lured to auditions at the Powai studio.