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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…
JIND: Smugglers shot dead a Haryana youth who was attempting to enter the US through the illegal ‘dunki’ route after holding him captive in Guatemala, according to his family members.Yuvraj (18), the only son of his parents, was from Mohna village in Pundri town of Kaithal district. He left for the US on Oct 13,…
Rohit Arya, the man shot dead by Mumbai Police after a shocking hostage crisis at a Powai studio, had reportedly been in touch with several Marathi film industry figures just days before the event. What makes it even more shocking is that one of his film ideas was about a hostage situation, the same kind…
MUMBAI: The “script” for the shocking Powai hostage crisis was apparently planned for over a month. Seventeen children had their hands tied and mouths taped at a recording studio Thursday, as everyone believed a “hostage scene” for a web series was being filmed. Panic set in only when the captor, Rohit Aarrya, pulled out a…
The Powai hostage crisis has left Mumbai’s entertainment community in disbelief. The man at the center of the horrifying incident, 38-year-old Rohit Arya, who held 19 people—including 17 children and a senior citizen—hostage inside an acting studio, had allegedly posed as someone associated with the film industry.In the aftermath of the tragedy, the Indian Film…
Leading Marathi actress Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya MUMBAI: Leading Marathi actor Ruchita Jadhav said she was contacted by Rohit Aarrya, the man who took 17 children, a 75-year-old grandmother, and a studio staffer hostage inside a Powai recording studio on Thursday.In an Instagram post, she said she had been contacted…
In a shocking turn of events, Marathi actress Ruchita Jadhav dodged a potential hostage crisis, having been approached by the suspect, Rohit Arya, for an acting role inspired by a real-life incident. Arya had arranged to meet her at the Powai studio, the scene of the unsettling episode, but Jadhav prioritized a family obligation, ultimately…
Yami Gautam’s 2022 thriller ‘A Thursday’ is back in the headlines, this time over a shocking hostage situation that unfolded in Mumbai’s Powai area, ironically on a Thursday, October 30. About the Rohit Arya case According to news reports, a man, identified as Rohit Arya, a YouTuber and former schoolteacher from Nagpur, took 17 children…
Rohit Arya, dead body arrival at JJ Hospital in Mumbai. Photo by Imtiyaz Shaikh MUMBAI: For three tense hours on Thursday afternoon, Rohit Aarrya held 17 children, a 75-year-old grandmother, and a studio staffer hostage inside a Powai recording studio. By evening, the standoff ended in gunfire — the children were rescued, and Aarrya lay…
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…
