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Mission Mumbai… (Part -II)

Friday, November 28th, 2008

The Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr. Vilas Rao Deshmuk was on an official visit to Kerala and he was rushing to Mumbai. He told that the situation in Mumbai is very serious. The home minister here in the capital New Delhi attended a press meet. He said about 200 NSG’s were dispatched. He also said that the army and navy are alerted and whenever the situation demands they will be called in. He was about to leave for Mumbai minutes from the end of the meet. The situation in Mumbai is getting very serious as there were 2 more blasts. The city was in total control in the hands of the terrorists and so the army personnel were called to handle the pressure that prevailed. The hottest news is that the touring English cricket side wants to head back home because of the bomb blasts. The ECB is discussion with BCCI in Cuttack regarding the upcoming test series. In the meantime the Intelligence Bureau reported that the terrorists were from Pakistan and they entered Mumbai via the sea route

Mission Mumbai… (Part - I)

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Mumbai is one of the busiest cities in India with a population of over 10 million. I t is the place where the oldest stock exchange of India exists. Mumbai is well known for its huge population, heavy traffic and also terror attacks. These things are never new to the people of Mumbai. The city was busy as usual and people near the VT railway station heard the sound of the firings from the hands of the terrorists. They were frightened and the city began to float in tension. Police officials were alerted and they tried to bring the situation under their control. But there were nearly 5 explosions in and around the iconic spots of Mumbai such the Taj Hotel, Oberoi, Trident, the Cama hospital and CST railway terminus. Within few minutes, 20 people were reported to be dead and more than 150 injured. 40 people were taken as hostages and out of which 15 were foreigners. There was an encounter inside all the three hotels in which some of the senior police officials including additional CP Asok Kantke encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were shot to death. After a few hours, the police reported that the death toll has increased to more than 60. They also said two terrorists were shot down, two arrested and three escaped in a black car.