Overview
- Police teams including the QRT, bomb squad and fire brigade executed parallel entries through a duct and a bathroom to reach the hostages inside RA Studio.
- Officer Amol Waghmare fired a single round during the breach after negotiations failed, hitting Arya in the chest; he was taken to a hospital and declared dead.
- All 17 children and two adults were rescued, given medical checks and released to their guardians, according to Mumbai Police.
- An airgun, chemicals and flammable spray, along with a lighter, were seized from the scene and sent for forensic examination as the Crime Branch leads the probe.
- Arya had lured children to purported auditions and posted a video claiming he was not a terrorist, threatening to set the studio on fire; the state has rejected his claim of unpaid dues tied to education campaigns.