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Tributes paid to 26/11 martyrs

by IBNS 25 Nov 2015, 06:43 pm

Mumbai, Nov 26 (IBNS) Floral tributes were paid to the martyred security personnel who died fighting terrorists who had launched attacks in several places of Mumbai on this day in 2008.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was among those  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.

Family members of the policemen, who laid down  their lives on the fateful day  were present at the programme.

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. A band of terrorists who infiltrated into India from Pakistan carried out the attacks in the CST terminus, the Oberoi Trident and the Taj Mahal hotels, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and the Nariman House Jewish community centre.