The man’s motive for taking the children hostage was not immediately known.
Batham’s motive for taking the children hostage was not immediately known. He kept them in the basement of his home, police said, and was drunk when the police encounter occurred.
At the state of the hostage crisis, Batham handed a six-month-old girl over to a neighbor from his balcony. But he later fired his weapon when anyone tried to speak to him, according to the Press Trust of India news agency, citing Home Secretary Awanish Awasthi. Batham demanded to speak to a state lawmaker representing his area, but refused to communicate with the man when he arrived at the scene.
Bantham’s wife was also killed. Awasthi said she died in the exchange of gunfire, but PTI reported that angry villagers beat her to death when she tried to escape.
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