The
death
toll
in
the
multiple
terrorist
attacks
in
Mumbai,
which
began
on
November
26-night
and
is
still
continuing,
has
increased
to
130
while
327
persons
have
been
reported
injured.
Officially
400
persons
were
evacuated
from
the
Taj
Mahal
hotel
and
about
70
from
the
Hotel
Trident.
Meanwhile,
the
rescue
operations
have
reached
the
final
stage
with
National
Security
Guards
(NSG)
commandos
being
air-ped
from
a
chopper
at
Nariman
House,
where
two
to
three
terrorists
are
believed
to
be
holed
up
and
the
police
have
cordoned
off
the
entire
Trident
hotel,
reported
Times
of
India.
The
Hindu
quoted
Maharashtra
Director-General
of
Police
A.N.
Roy
as
saying
that
four
suspected
terrorists
were
killed
in
the
Taj
Mahal
hotel
operation
and
that
more
deaths
were
likely.
One
of
the
terrorists
reportedly
holed
up
in
the
Trident
hotel
had
been
killed
in
a
commando
raid
and
one
militant
was
neutralised
by
crack
commandos
and
is
injured
at
the
Nariman
House,
according
to
NSG
Director-
General
J.K.
Dutt.
Meanwhile,
the
Chief
Minister
Vilasrao
Deshmukh
informed
that
20
to
25
suspected
terrorist
had
entered
Mumbai
and
so
far
seven
of
them
have
been
killed.
The
Chief
Minister
said
nine
persons
had
been
detained.
Maharashtra
Police
investigators
said
that
they
have
evidence
that
operatives
of
the
Pakistan-based
Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT)
carried
out
the
Fidayeen
(suicide
squad)
attacks
in
Mumbai.
An
injured
militant,
identified
as
Ajmal
Amir
Kamal,
was
arrested
during
the
fighting
at
the
Taj
Mahal
hotel,
is
suspected
to
be
a
LeT
cadre
and
a
resident
of
Faridkot
near
Multan
in
Pakistan’s
Punjab
province.
Reportedly
two
other
citizens
of
Pakistan
have
also
been
arrested
in
Mumbai
on
November
27.
All
three
of
them,
identified
themselves
as
members
of
a
LeT
Fidayeen
squad,
the
sources
said.
Based
on
the
interrogation
of
the
suspects,
the
investigators
believe
that
one
or
more
groups
of
the
LeT
left
Karachi
in
a
merchant
ship
early
on
November
26.
On
the
same
night,
an
estimated
12
terrorists
left
the
ship
in
a
small
boat
and
travelled
some
10
nautical
miles
to
reach
Mumbai’s
Gateway
of
India.
After
reaching
Gateway
of
India,
the
group
split
up
into
at
least
six
groups,
each
focussing
on
a
separate
target
-
Mumbai’s
Nariman
House,
the
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
Terminus
rail
station,
the
Cama
hospital,
the
Girgaum
seafront,
and
the
Taj
and
Trident
hotels. |
