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Published on Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 15:03, Updated on Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 20:36 in India section
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Mumbai: Army, Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and National Security Guard (NSG) commandos are involved in a fierce encounter with a group of terrorists inside the Taj and Oberoi hotels.
NSG Director General Jyoti Krishan Dutt said that the first, second and third floors of Oberoi Hotel have been sanitised while the operation is in the finals stages at the Taj.
MARCOS, the first team to enter the hotels, encountered stiff resistance from the terrorists who were heavily armed and well entrenched inside.
One commando was killed two others injured in the operation at Taj in which one rucksack full of plastic explosives, eight–nine loaded AK–47 magazines, large amounts of ammunition, hand grenades, detonators, batteries, wrist watches for IEDs, foreign currencies, fake credit cards, dry fruits and cash carried by the terrorists were recovered.
Major General RK Hooda General Officer Commanding of Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat, who is supervising the operations at the Taj Hotel, said, "NSG is here. They are carrying out a very deliberative operation. They are trained for it and are the best in the country. I have faith in them."
Hooda, the top most Army General in Maharashtra, said the operation clean-up at the Taj will start from the top floor and the personnel will carry out a room-to-room combing operation.
"There are 365 rooms to be searched. All rooms are closed. Every room has to be opened and searched thoroughly through their own drills," Hooda said.
Army is doing intervention drills by checking each rooms of the hotel. "In case the rooms are locked, we ask occupants to open it. And if they do not, Army will carry out intervention drill with due care. They (commandos) are trained for this," he said.
Hooda, however, did not disclose any time frame for the operation citing operational secrecy. "Do not speculate on timing. We can't quantify it."
Asked whether his troops had any confrontations with the holed up terrorists, he said, "No engagement has taken place."
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Mumbai meri jaan
It is said about Mumbai that it is city that never sleeps. The Mumbai
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i am with you on this thought, they always say \"aamchi mumbai\" well Mumbai needs them and their men right
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I am amazed at the audacity of the attacks! This is a test of strength for Indians and the people
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If Indian Politicians have any shame left in them...
They should cancel all voting throughout the country.
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