India, Nov. 1 -- The mortal remains of Rohit Aarrya, who was shot dead by Mumbai Police after he held 17 teenagers hostage in a Powai studio during a web series shoot, were cremated in Pune early Saturday, police said.

Aarrya, 50, had held 17 persons, including 16 schoolchildren between the ages of 10 and 12, along with an adult, inside a recording studio in Mumbai's Powai locality on Thursday. The tense three-hour standoff ended when police rescued all hostages and gunned him down.

After the postmortem at Mumbai's JJ Hospital, Aarrya's body was brought to Pune in an ambulance, where his last rites were performed in the presence of his wife, son, and close relatives. The cremation was carried out at around 2.30 am at Vaikunth Crematoriu...