Pune, Oct 31 (PTI) Rohit Arya, the man at the centre of a hostage drama at a Mumbai recording studio, occasionally visited his elderly parents in Pune and their neighbours are in shock over the tragic incident involving children which ended in his violent death.

Arya (50) was shot dead by police on Thursday after he took hostage 17 boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 12, who had arrived at the studio in a high-rise in Mumbai's Powai area on his call to audition for a web series. Police rescued the children and two adults after a three-hour hostage drama.

His parents reside in a housing society in Kothrud, an upscale area in Pune, but are currently out of the city.

Residents of the Swaranjali Cooperative Housing Society on Friday said Arya's parents had been living there for severa

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