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Mumbai hostage crisis’ ‘script’: Kids gagged, hands tied for hours; how motion sensors, chemicals were part of Rohit Aarrya’s setup | Mumbai News

Kids gagged, hands tied for hours for ‘hostage scene’ shoot MUMBAI: The hostage crisis’ ‘script’ was apparently readied over a month. The 17 children had their hands tied and mouths taped at the Powai recording studio on Thursday, but everyone went along with it for hours believing that a “hostage scene” for a web series…

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Mumbai hostage scare: How 2-hour talks ended in captor Rohit Aarrya’s death; police call it self-defence | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: Police spent nearly two hours trying to negotiate with the captor, Rohit Aarrya, and gauge his demands, but he refused to cooperate, even after one of the girls’ parents said she suffered from seizures, cops said. An official said he appeared calm when police spoke to him.City police chief Deven Bharti maintained that Aarrya…

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