Aarrya owned Apsara Media and described himself as a undertaking administration guide keen about social causes. His social media profiles confirmed that he was an alumnus of Symbiosis Worldwide College, Pune, and had accomplished an government MBA from ISB, Mumbai. He had collaborated with actors comparable to Prem Chopra and claimed veteran actor Ramesh Deo as his mentor. Since 2017, he had labored extensively to unfold consciousness about cleanliness, saying he was impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's imaginative and prescient for public hygiene.
Police instructed TOI that Aarrya had been conducting auditions at RA Studio in Powai for 5 days for an internet sequence he was planning. On Thursday, in the course of the closing casting name, he held the youngsters — who had come from Navi Mumbai, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli and different elements of Maharashtra — hostage. Officers mentioned they tried to barter with him for practically two hours, however he fired first, prompting police to retaliate.
Metropolis police commissioner Deven Bharti instructed TOI, “No matter his calls for, we couldn't let him play with folks's lives. He fired first at police. Our group fired again in self-defence. There was no different possibility.”
Aarrya had beforehand drawn consideration for a 2024 starvation strike towards former college training minister Deepak Kesarkar of Shiv Sena over alleged unpaid dues of Rs 2 crore for a college cleanliness undertaking. Kesarkar instructed TOI that he had prolonged monetary assist to Aarrya “out of sympathy,” however the difficulty ought to have been taken up by means of official channels.
Senior inspector Sandeep Deshmane of Kothrud police mentioned Aarrya had earlier lived in Pune earlier than shifting to Chembur along with his spouse. His mother and father, who lived in Kothrud, had vacated their flat per week earlier than the incident.(With inputs from TOI)
