Hours after the last three terrorists were eliminated in Taj Mahal Hotel, Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy said his force would do whatever it could to catch the perpetrators of the terror strikes in Mumbai. "We have knocked down many and we will catch the rest," Roy said, when asked about the strategies being taken to arrest the people behind the terror acts in the metropolis
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Giving an account of the commando raid at the besieged Taj, the leader of Indian Navy's elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) on Friday said his team saw about 50 dead bodies scattered through the hotel during the flush out operation.
The couple, along with a Chinese, a South African and an Australian national, was rescued from the hotel by the elite National Security Guards late Thursday night.
This made it difficult for the commandos to fire, to prevent an explosion.
"The flushing-out operations at these hotels, being undertaken jointly with National Security Guards, may be over sooner than expected were it not for our endeavour to ensure that there is no collateral damage," the sources said
P K Krishna Das, the Kerala Member of Parliament who was trapped at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel, was rescued by the police and NSG commandoes at 9.45 am on Thursday. "It has been nightmarish 12 hours for me and two other MPs. The whole thing started around 0945 last night. We were about to have dinner at the Shamina restaurant. Suddenly, two gun-wielding men appeared out of nowhere and started shooting indiscriminately. I ducked under a table along with some others."
In a statement, Indian Hotels, a subsidiary of the Tatas, said, 'We will rebuild every inch that has been damaged in this attack and bring back the Taj to its full glory. The Taj is very much a symbol of India. We are monitoring the development of the unfortunate situation unfolding in South Mumbai in and around our hotel and are fully cooperating with the police and the government authorities to ensure the safety and security of all our guests and staff.'
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