Mumbai hostage-taker’s high-tech trap: Motion sensors, cameras & failed face-off with police By: Javid Amin | 31 October 2025 On an ordinary Thursday afternoon in Mumbai, a routine audition call took a horrifying turn. A man named Rohit Arya — aged about 50 — lured 17 children (aged roughly 10-15) and two adults into a studio in the Powai area of the city. Inside, he revealed a deadly plan: he had rigged the premises with motion sensors and cameras, threatened to burn the place down, and held them hostage for…
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