India, Nov. 4 -- A petition was filed in the Bombay High Court on Monday, highlighting the "high-handedness" of the police in the "fake encounter" of Rohit Aarrya, the 50-year-old man who held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage at a studio in Powai on October 30.

Aarrya, a filmmaker, had allegedly lured the children to RA Studio under the pretext of an audition before barricading them inside and threatening to set the place on fire. After hours of negotiations, the police stormed the premises and rescued all hostages unharmed.

During the operation, Aarrya was shot dead by assistant police inspector (API) Amol Waghmare from the Powai police's anti-terrorist cell. According to the police, Waghmare opened fire after Aarrya "pointed ...