A murder suspect held 23 children hostage at his daughter’s birthday party before he was shot dead by police in India.
Subhash Batham was killed last night as a 10-hour stand-off outside a house in Uttar Pradesh ended with all the children being rescued.
Batham had demanded that murder charges be dropped and sought a ransom of 10 million rupees per child.
His wife was attacked by angry locals as she tried to escape and died of her injuries on Friday morning.