Overview
- Police say assistant inspector Amol Waghmare fired a single shot when Rohit Arya pointed a gun at officers near the children, and Arya later died at a hospital.
- All 17 children and two adults were freed from RA Studio in the Mahavir Classic building after teams entered via a bathroom vent and by cutting through glass.
- Investigators recovered an air gun, chemicals, motion sensors and other devices from the studio, with items sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.
- Police and witness accounts indicate the children, roughly ages 10–15, were lured for fake auditions that Arya had set up after renting the studio days earlier.
- Officials say Arya claimed he wanted to press a grievance over about ₹2 crore in alleged unpaid dues tied to education projects, a claim the Maharashtra government has publicly disputed.