The Terrorists’ siege on the Taj Mahal Hotel and Mumbai ended on Saturday morning after a joint commando operation killed three terrorists holed up inside the swank Taj, a symbol of Indian hospitality dating back to the British Raj. "Finally, we have been able to win the battle and do the job," a visibly tired JK Dutt, the head of the National Security Guard (NSG), was quoted as saying after the final phase of operation “Black Tornado’
The despicable attack on Mumbai, which started on Wednesday night, left 148, including 20 foreigners, dead and wounding hundreds.
Among the dead are several security personnel that laid down their lives making the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
Billows of black smoke emanated from the ground floor of the hotel signaling the end of a nearly 59 hour siege on the hotel by terror perpetrators that were eventually smoked out and put down by a team of 200 commandos drawn from the NSG, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Mumbai police.
A sanitization process is reportedly underway at the Taj, where security personnel are gleaning the sprawling complex for detonators or explosives left behind by the now dead terrorists.
The operation launched at the crack of dawn on Saturday marked the culmination of a four-day effort that began Wednesday evening after several terrorists, armed with grenades, explosives and assault rifles, sneaked into the city on an inflatable boat after being set off from a terrorist ‘mother ship.’
Ratan Tata at Taj
Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata group that owns the Taj hotel, arrived at the site after security forces sounded an all-clear on Saturday.
Tata inspected the damage wrought on the historic building during the terror that began Wednesday night and lasted nearly 59 hours before being brought to an end on Saturday.
(IANS and Internet Inputs)
The despicable attack on Mumbai, which started on Wednesday night, left 148, including 20 foreigners, dead and wounding hundreds.
Among the dead are several security personnel that laid down their lives making the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
Billows of black smoke emanated from the ground floor of the hotel signaling the end of a nearly 59 hour siege on the hotel by terror perpetrators that were eventually smoked out and put down by a team of 200 commandos drawn from the NSG, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Mumbai police.
A sanitization process is reportedly underway at the Taj, where security personnel are gleaning the sprawling complex for detonators or explosives left behind by the now dead terrorists.
The operation launched at the crack of dawn on Saturday marked the culmination of a four-day effort that began Wednesday evening after several terrorists, armed with grenades, explosives and assault rifles, sneaked into the city on an inflatable boat after being set off from a terrorist ‘mother ship.’
Ratan Tata at Taj
Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata group that owns the Taj hotel, arrived at the site after security forces sounded an all-clear on Saturday.
Tata inspected the damage wrought on the historic building during the terror that began Wednesday night and lasted nearly 59 hours before being brought to an end on Saturday.
(IANS and Internet Inputs)
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