More than 20 children were on Thursday taken hostage by a man at a studio in Mumbai before being rescued by the police. The man, in a video, said that he had taken the kids hostage as he wanted to speak to a few people. The man, identified as Rohit Arya who has now been detained by the police, warned that he would set everything on fire and harm the children if he is not able to speak to the people. It was not clear what he wanted to talk about.

The police said all the children have been rescued safely and they are interrogating the hostage-taker to ascertain the reasons behind his action and whether he was mentally unstable. The incident happened at RA Studio in Mumbai’s Powai.

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Police said they have handed over all the children, who are safe, to their guardians.

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