They organized their daughter's birthday party, took 20 children. Man and Woman Killed

Local media have identified the hijacker as Subhas Batham. Police tried to negotiate with him for more than 10 hours and then seeing that he did not want to hand over the children, they shot him causing immediate death.

All children kidnapped by Batham between 6 months and 15 years of age were fortunately able to escape without harm. The hostage's wife, whose identity does not become known, was attacked by local residents as she tried to leave. Police reported that rioting residents threw bricks and stones at her.

She had a head injury and lost a lot of blood when she was sent to hospital”, said officer Mohit Agarwalk. The woman later died in the hospital as a result of her wounds. It is unclear that local media write whether she was involved in this crime.