Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad. File pic
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2 months 1 week 4 days 31 minutes ago
10:00 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: During operation, hostage-taker suffered injuries, was declared dead in hospital, says DCP
"At about 1.30 pm, Powai police station received information that a person had taken 17 children hostage at Mahavir Classic building. The Mumbai Police team conducted a rescue operation and safely freed all the children. During the operation, while rescuing the children, the person got injured, was immediately rushed to the hospital and later declared dead," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalawade. Arya was declared dead at 5.15 pm, officials said.
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2 months 1 week 4 days 46 minutes ago
09:45 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Accused had warning authorities of setting place on fire
He issued a stern warning to authorities that "the slightest wrong move from your end may trigger me to set this whole place on fire....whether I die or not, the children will be unnecessarily hurt, traumatised for sure....I should not be held responsible." Arya ended by saying that after the "conversations," he would leave the room and vaguely added that "a lot of people have these problems" and that he would offer a solution through talks, though he never specified what the problems were.
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2 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour 1 minute ago
09:30 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Law and order in city deteriorating day by day, says Gaikwad
"Rohit Arya had worked on major projects with the Maharashtra Education Department, and he claimed he was owed Rs 2 crore, for which he had held protests earlier. Due to this negligence on the part of the government, the lives of many children were put in danger today," she claimed. "What answer will this government give to those children and their parents? Law and order in Mumbai is deteriorating day by day," she alleged. (PTI)
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2 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour 16 minutes ago
09:15 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Hostage-taker had released a video before police intervention
In a video released before police intervention, hostage-taker Arya explained his motive, claiming he made a plan to hold the children instead of committing suicide. "I have very simple demands. Very moral, ethical demands. I have some questions," Arya said, adding, "I want to speak to some people... I want these answers. I am not a terrorist, nor do I have any demand for money. (I) want to make simple conversations."