Overview
- Police recovered all children from Powai’s RA Studio after a man identified as Rohit Arya held roughly 15–20 kids during an alleged audition; he was shot during the operation and died in hospital.
- Officers said an airgun and suspected chemicals were seized and cited Arya’s video asserting he was not a terrorist and had ‘moral’ demands, with reports of prior protests over unpaid education‑project dues now under probe.
- Cyclone Montha made landfall along Andhra Pradesh near Kakinada after crossing between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam, bringing heavy rain and gusts as IMD advisories continue for southern coastal districts; at least one death was reported.
- Separate international reports said Cyclone Melissa has killed about 25 people in Haiti, with disaster agencies warning of ongoing rain and flooding risks.
- In Abbotsford, British Columbia, Indian‑origin businessman Darshan Singh Sahasi was shot dead in an attack captured on CCTV as a Lawrence Bishnoi network affiliate, Goldy Dhillon, publicly claimed responsibility and issued threats.