Mumbai remembers the 26/11 martyrs of the 10th anniversary of the attacks | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: The wreath-laying ceremony for the 26/11 martyrs was in a dark atmosphere as the police remembered fallen comrades and the family members of their victims sought in vain to next to their tears, ten years after the worst terrorist attack ever committed in India's history.

At a solemn ceremony early in the morning in memory of the martyrs of Mumbai on November 26 at Gymkhana Police on the coast of the Arabian Sea, the governor of Maharashtra, Ch Vidyasagar Rao, and the Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, laid wreaths while a group of police officers were rendering their musical tribute to the ceremony & # 39 ;.

Tributes were also paid to Assistant Under-Inspector Tukaram Ombale's memorial at Girgaum Chowpatty, a short distance away. It was here that Ombal surprised the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive while he was getting himself killed.

On November 26, 2008, Mumbai was attacked by 10 terrorists from Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba group. In the ensuing chaos for the next three days, 166 people, including 18 police officers and two NSG commandos, were killed and 308 wounded.

Hemant Karkare, the head of the anti-terrorist brigade of the time, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Alternate Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, and Chief Inspector of Police Vijay Salaskar were among the victims of the bombing. 39; attack.

Divya, Salaskar's daughter, said that nothing could make up for the loss of her brave father. "Ten years later, the pain is almost the same – when you lose a loved one like a father or a husband, nothing can compensate for this type of loss," she said.

The staff of the Cama Hospital, one of the militant targets of the Mumbai militant in 2008, pays tribute to the memorial during an event. (AFP)

Maharashtra Police Chief Datta Padsalgikar and Mumbai Police Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal also attended the ceremony with members of the family of police officers who lost their lives in attacks from November 26 to November 29.

"I pay tribute to the brave policemen who fought for the safety of Mumbai and gave their lives for us on 26/11.We are proud of them and we will do our utmost for the safety of our State, "said Fadnavis. .

"I offer a sincere tribute to those who put Mumbai first, until the end," Jaiswal said.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Oberoi Trident, Taj Mahal Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and Nariman House Jewish Community Center, now renamed Nariman Light House, are among the places targeted by the terrorists.

Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist captured alive. He was hanged four years later, on November 21, 2012.

"We remember those who brought the country before them, and our salvation to the city whose resilience has always made the people stronger," tweeted the Mumbai police.

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, opposition leader at the Maharashtra Assembly, said the Ram Pradhan Committee, set up to investigate the shortcomings that led to the attack, had recommended the establishment of a protocol within an internal safety committee, but that it has not yet been prepared. .

"The internal security committee has never met in the last four years since the BJP-led government came to power in that state," he said.

"The state government has announced the establishment of coastal police stations, but nothing has been done about them," he said, adding that the Coastal Police should be a top priority.

The former Mumbai Police Commissioner, MN Singh, said that Pakistan was a "permanent enemy" of India and that as long as the intelligence of the military and the services inter -services (ISI) would fire in the neighboring country, relations between the two countries would not be. normalize.

Railway officials laid wreaths at the 26/11 commemorative ceremony at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj station, where 52 people were killed during the terrorist attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: tribute to those who lost their lives during the terrible terrorist attacks of 26/11 in Mumbai. Our solidarity with bereaved families. A grateful nation bows to our brave police and security forces who valiantly fought the terrorists during the Mumbai attacks.

The Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, tweeted: My Tribute to Victims and Martyrs of murder 26/11 Terrorist attack in Mumbai on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. We will continue to seek justice for their families and friends. India will defeat terrorism.

The Minister of the Union Kiren Rijiju said that he could not attend the commemorative ceremony of Mumbai on 26/11, due to occupation. "My tribute to the martyrs and civilians who lost their lives during the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai," he tweeted.