Maharashtra Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis pays homage at the 26/11 police memorial site
at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana in south Mumbai on Thursday. —ANI
Mumbai, November 26
Floral tributes were today paid to
the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who had
attacked the city on this day seven years ago.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis was among the dignitaries who paid homage at the 26/11 police memorial
site at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana in south Mumbai.
"I pay homage to the brave
policemen who fought for Mumbai's safety and laid down their lives for us on
26/11. We are proud of them and we will strive hard for safety and security of
our state," Fadnavis said.
"We will strengthen police
force with better equipment. It is our priority," he said.
Family members of the policemen, who
lost their lives during the November 2008 attacks, were also present during the
ceremony.
On November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani
terrorists arrived by sea route and opened fire indiscriminately at people
killing 166, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others,
besides damaging property worth crores.
The then ATS chief Hemant Karkare,
Army Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Mumbai's Additional Police Commissioner Ashok
Kamte and Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar were among those killed in the
attack.
The attack had begun on 26 November
and lasted until 29 November. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Oberoi Trident,
the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Nariman
House Jewish community centre were some of the places targeted by the
terrorists.
Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist
who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012. PTI—
