Mumbai: The Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday, December 9, raised questiones in the Maharashtra legislative assembly on the state government over the police encounter of Rohit Arya, who took 19 people hostage in Mumbai in October. In the session, Wadettiwar questioned why was encounter of Arya was done when he was not a terrorist. "Why wasn't he just shot in the leg?", he questioned.
On October 30, the Mumbai Police rescued 17 children and two others from an acting studio in Powai, where they were held captive by Rohit Arya, armed with an airgun and chemicals. The 50-year-old was shot during the police operation and later died at a hospital. The children were aged between 10 and 15 years, and among the two adults, one was a senior citizen.
Coming back to the questions raised by Wadettiwar in the Assembly, he said, "During the Mahayuti government's tenure, Arya had worked on the cleanliness monitor and the Chief Minister's My School Beautiful School project. The government had withheld his payments. He made a video stating that his payments should be given, that he is not a terrorist." Raising suspicion, he questioned, "How was an encounter specialist police officer conveniently available there at that exact time?"
Government Replies to Vijay Wadettiwar's Questions
Minister of State for Home (Rural) Pankaj Bhoyar told the House that the police had acted in self-defence because Arya had held small children hostage, adding that there was nothing wrong with the police action.
In addition to this, he also said that the Human Rights Commission had ordered an inquiry, which was already underway. Earlier on November 10, the Bombay High Court allowed the petitioner to withdraw a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged “fake encounter” of Rohit Arya, who was shot dead by the Mumbai Police during a rescue operation last month. The petition, filed by Shobha Buddhivant through advocate Nitin Satpute, alleged that Arya was killed “under the pretext of self-defence and retaliation at the behest of a political leader
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