Vijay Salaskar

Vijay Salaskar (Marathi: विजय सालस्कर) was a Senior Police Inspector and encounter specialist serving with the Mumbai police.^[1] He is widely credited with killing 75–80 criminals in encounters — most of these were members of the Arun Gawli gang.^[2] Salaskar was killed while fighting terrorists in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[3][4] Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav claimed responsibility for the killing.^[5] Before his death Salaskar was head of the Anti-Extortion Cell, Mumbai

Vijay Salaskar was killed in action by terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, on 26 November 2008.

India Express quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte and Hemant Karkare when they died.^[8] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been wounded while resisting hostile terrorist action at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Currently located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,^[8] they took a Toyota Qualis and proceeded in that direction. Salaskar was driving, Ashok Kamte in the passenger seat, Hemant Karkare in the second row, and the four Constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating. According to Jadhav, five minutes later two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with AK-47 automatic rifles. The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire. The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to Metro Junction. Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at police and journalist vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices (Vidhan Bhawan) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tyres of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were promptly recovered and taken to St George Hospital.

Ashok Kamte

Ashok Kamte (February 23, 1965 - November 26, 2008) was the Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police for the East Region. He was killed while fighting terrorists during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[1]

An Indian Police Service officer of the 1989 batch of the Maharashtra Cadre

Service Record
1989 - Joined state as an Indian Police Service officer
1991 - Posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police in Bhandara
1994 - Superintendent of Police, Satara
1997 - 99 - Superintendent of Police, Thane rural
1999 - 2000: U N Mission, Bosnia
2000 - 2002: DCP, zone-1 Mumbai
2002 - 2004: Superintendent of Police, Sangli
2004 - 2005: Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur
2006 - 2008: Commissioner of Police, Solapur
June 2008 - Nov 2008: Additional Commissioner of Police, East zone, Mumbai

Service Medals
1995 - Special service medal anti-naxalite operations
1999 - UN medal
1999 - Videsh seva medal for UN service
2004 - Awarded DG's insignia
2005 - Antarik Suraksha Padak for anti-naxalite operations
2006 - Police medal

Ashok Kamte was killed in action by terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, on 26 November, 2008.

India Express quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and Hemant Karkare when they died.^[5] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been injured in the gunfire at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Currently located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,^[5] they took a Toyota Qualis and proceeded in that direction. Kamte was in the passenger seat, Salaskar driving, Karkare in the second row, and the four Constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating.^[5] According to Jadhav, five minutes later two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with AK-47 automatic rifles.^[5] The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire.^[5] The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to Metro Junction.^[5] Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at police and journalist vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices (Vidhan Bhawan) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tyres of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were promptly recovered and taken to St George Hospital.

The body of Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, was cremated with State honours at the Vaikunth cremotorium on November 27, 2008. A large number of high-ranking police officers participated in the funeral procession, including: Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police Rajendra Sonawane and district collector Chandrakant Dalvi. Around 3,000 people were present.

Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Sandeep Unnikrishnan (Malayalam: സന്ദീപ് ഉണ്ണിക്കൃഷ്ണന്‍,Kannada: ಸಂದೀಪ್ ಉನ್ನೀಕೃಷ್ಣನ್,Hindi: संदीप उन्नीकृष्णन) March 15, 1977 – November 28, 2008) was a Major in the Indian Army serving in the elite National Security Guards (NSG). He was killed in action while fighting terrorists in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[1]

“Do not come up, I will handle them.” These were probably the last words which Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan told his men as he was hit by bullets while engaging well armed terrorists inside the Taj Hotel, Mumbai during the Black Tornado operation.^[2]

Later NSG sources clarified that when a commando got injured during the operation, Major Unnikrishnan arranged for his evacuation and started chasing the terrorists himself. The terrorists escaped to another floor of the hotel and during the chase Major Unnikrishnan was seriously injured and succumbed to his injuries.^[2]

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Place of birth	Calicut, Kerala
Place of death	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Cremation	Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army, National Security Guards
Years of service	1999-2008
Rank	Major, Commando
Unit	NSG HQ, Manesar

In 1995, we were a bunch of gangly 18-year-olds, wondering what the hell we were doing climbing up Sinhgad fort on a miserable, rainy day, when I first met Unni. He was an ikki, a first termer, bone-weary, but always gung-ho. When we made it to the top, the first stop was for a fill of water. Soggy, bushed and thirsty, we ran to the natural spring that has been feeding soldiers since the days of Chhatrapati Shivaji. Unni was the first to reach and started drawing water from the well. We lined up with our canteens, but a tourist first held out her water bottle. Unni filled it. Then, another. Unni filled that too. Within seconds, there was a long line of tourists waiting for water. Without a word - and with a smile to us - Unni dutifully doled out his generosity. He never got to us. He himself never got a sip. The order came to move on. ^[8]

– An NDA coursemate

Operation Black Tornado

On the night of 26 Nov 2008, several iconic buildings in South Mumbai were attacked by terrorists. One of the buildings where the terrorists held people hostage was the 100 year old Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

Major Unnikrishnan was the team commander of 51 SAG deployed in the operation at the Taj Mahal Hotel to rid the building of terrorists and rescue the hostages. He entered the Hotel in a group of 10 commandos and reached the sixth floor through the staircase. As the team descended the stairs, they sensed the terrorist at the third floor. The terrorists had held a few women as hostages in a room and locked it from the inside. After breaking open the door, the round of fire by the terrorists hit Commando Sunil Yadav, who was Major Unnikrishnan's buddy pair.^[12]

Major Unnikrishan led his team from the front and engaged the terrorists in a fierce gunfight. He arranged for Commando Sunil Yadav's evacuation and regardless of personal safety chased the terrorists who, meanwhile, escaped to another floor of the hotel, and while doing so Major Sandeep continuously engaged them.^[13] In the encounter that followed, he was shot from the back, seriously injured and succumbed to injuries.^[14][15][16]

Source : Wiki

Hemant Karkare

Hemant Karkare
Born	12 December 1954[1] Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Died	26 November 2008 (aged 53) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Indian Police Service officer
Spouse(s)	Kavita Karkare

Hemant Karkare (Marathi: हेमंत करकरे) (12 December 1954 – 26 November 2008) was the chief of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad. He was killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks after being shot three 3 times in the chest.^[1]

Karkare was a 1982 batch IPS officer (see 1982 photo as fresh recruit^[2]) and also held a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. As an ATS Chief, he was involved in the Malegaon blast probe and Naxalite-infested Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. Before joining the IPS, Karkare worked for Hindustan Lever limited. He also served as ADDL. COM of Police (Administration).

Karkare had solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel and was also credited for the revelations in the investigation of the 29 September blast in Malegaon.[2] In January 2008, he was named the head of the ATS after returning to the state cadre. He was credited for helping to uncover the revelations of the involvement of certain right wing Hindu parties ^[3] that came about in the investigation of the September 29th blast in Malegaon in which three bombs exploded in Gujarat and Maharashtra of India, killing eight people and injuring 80 (two bombs were detonated in Malegaon, Maharashtra, killing seven).

Death

Hemant Karkare was killed in action by militant terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, on 26 November, 2008.

India Express quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte when they died.^[4] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been injured in the gunfire at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,^[4] they took a Toyota Qualis and proceeded in that direction. Salaskar was driving, Kamte in the passenger seat, Karkare in the second row, and the four constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating. According to Jadhav, five minutes later two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with AK-47 automatic rifles. The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire. The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to Metro Junction. Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at police and journalist vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices (Vidhan Bhawan) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tires of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were promptly recovered and taken to St George Hospital.

Source :Wiki

Citizens against Terror

A month after 60 hours of horrific Mumbai siege ended, there is widespread fear and anger amongst the country's citizens.
A CNN-IBN and Hindustan Times campaign Citizens against Terror gave voice to that anger and compiled a citizens charter containing all anti-terror recommendations, which is now ready to be presented to the Home Minister.
Here’s a look at what went into the process of bringing your voice to the country's leadership.
Thousands sent in their suggestions to hindustantimes.com and CNN-IBN website IBNLive.com. Hundreds spoke at web kiosks that were set up in all major metros.
“You don't need political interference into security agencies deployed at any place,” an angry citizen suggested at one of the kiosks. Another said, “We don't want our policemen dying of bullets. They are not even equipped with proper helmets.”
An independent panel comprising former top cop Kiran Bedi, anti-terror expert Major General Afsir Karim and former Jammu University vice chancellor Amitabh Mattoo chose the most practical and concrete suggestions.
The charter comprising the 10 best recommendations will be presented to Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday. Here is what it suggests:

* Better crisis management and emergency response systems
* Uniform electronic identity cards for all
* Extensive use of technology to fight terror
* Fixing accountability for previous lapses
* Urgent modernisation and reform of police
* Provisions for citizen-driven anti-terror initiatives like widespread survival training programmes
* Corporate help to overcome anti-terror resource crunch
* Trained citizens' vigilante groups
* Citizen-led observation posts for coastal areas
* War book for emergency situations

“All must keep pressure on the political executive to deliver. Every three or six months, we need to know directly from the Home Minister what has happened,” Kiran Bedi says.

Since 2001

[hide] v • d • e Terrorism in India since 2001
Attacks with 50+ deaths in bold Indian Parliament attack – Srinagar – Akshardham Temple attack – Mumbai 2002 – 1st Mumbai 2003 – 2nd Mumbai 2003 – 3rd Mumbai 2003 – Ayodhya – Delhi 2005 – Varanasi – Jama Masjid – Mumbai 2006 – Malegaon – Samjhauta Express – Mecca Masjid – Hyderabad – Uttar Pradesh – Jaipur – Bangalore – Ahmedabad – 1st Delhi 2008 – 2nd Delhi 2008 – Western India – Agartala – Imphal – Assam – Mumbai 2008

2006 Malegaon Blasts

The 2006 Malegaon bombings were a series of bomb blasts that took place on 8 September 2006 in Malegaon, a town in the Nashik district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, located at some 290 km to the northeast of state capital Mumbai.

The explosions, which caused the deaths of at least 37 people and injured over 125 more, took place in a Muslim cemetery, adjacent to a mosque, at around 13:15 local time after Friday prayers on the Shab e Bara'at holy day. Most of the blast victims were Muslim pilgrims. Security forces spoke of "two bombs attached to bicycles", but other reports indicated that three devices had exploded. A stampede ensued after the devices exploded. A curfew was imposed in the town and state paramilitaries were deployed in sensitive areas to prevent unrest. Initially Maharashtra Police associated the blasts to be the handiwork of Student Islamic Movement of India.^[1].

Ajmal Amir Kasab

Mumbai:

The ten terrorists from the Punjab province of Pakistan were all trained together, mostly in Karachi, Pakistan.

But they were then split into five groups of two each, and briefed about their task differently. Two terrorists attacked CST station, two Cama Hospital, two went to Leopold's. Two held fort at the Taj and two more at the Oberoi, while another pair were at Nariman House. All ten had student identity cards of different colleges in India and were all in the age group of 19-28.

According to Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner of Police, none of these were in touch with each other while the operation was on. The police have been able to create profiles of the terrorists from the only one captured alive, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab (21), held at Girgaum Chowpatty.

Maria said the group entered Mumbai through sea on November 26 around 8 pm.

They had come to Gujarat through a boat from Pakistan. Later they hijacked the Kuber boat at Porbander. The three fishermen were killed and later thrown into the sea, while one sailor Sarang took them in the Kuber boat till the Mumbai coastline. They killed him and kept his body in the Kuber boat, then sailed to the coast on a dinghy (rubber float boat) to Sassoon Dock. They then caught five taxies and went to the assigned places.

Police have recovered 10 AK 56 guns, 10 hand grenades, two packs of eight kg explosives. All carried one bag with them an AK rifle, grenades and bullets with them.

Cops have found a satellite phone from one Ismail Khan who was killed at Chowpatty, and a Global Positioning System that helped them navigate.

Source : Mid Day

How Is He Treated :

Ajmal Amir Kasab has been refused any clothing, except for underwear, to prevent him from choking to death, according to reports.

He is being held in a room with no furniture or fittings or anything he could use to harm himself with.

All his food is tasted in advance by police guarding him, the Independent reports.

Kasab and at least nine others killed about 170 people in a series of coordinated attacks on hotels and public places in Mumbai.

Kasab, 21, is now the Indian authorities' best, if not only, source of information about the planning behind the attacks.

This week detectives plan to use sodium pentothal, a so-called “truth serum”, in order to try and obtain more information from him, despite warnings from experts that the drug often produces unreliable results.

The Mumbai Mirror said the 21-year-old from Pakistan's Punjab province was being routinely moved in order to prevent any effort by other militants to reach him.

He is fed a simple diet of tea and bread for breakfast, lentils and chapattis for lunch and more pulses and rice for dinner.

INDIAs Greatness....contd

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MORE! Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? A. Vinod Khosla Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now. Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)? A. Sabeer Bhatia Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? A. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists in USA are Indians. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are Indians. Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA. 1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education. 4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. 5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. 9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world. 11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. 13. Chess was invented in India. 14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India. 15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation). 16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. Quotes about India. We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Albert Einstein. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition. Mark Twain. If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland. India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to USA) ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.

source : Brahma 8/22/2005 4:00:36 AM in Stratergy Page

INDIA and PAK compared

Something about my Great Country India
Read this and please tell me if it is worth debating or comparing India and pakistan?
If yes please tell me in which sector pakistan can compete with India

1>India Largest Democracy in the world-: Population: 1.1 Bn

2>India 10th most industrialized country

3>The world's biggest back office

4>Among world's largest skilled workforce

5>Largest english speaking nation by 2010

6>800 movies made anuualy--bollywood overshadows hollywood

7>6 Miss Universe / Miss world titles in last 10 years

8>Low per capita income US $550 ; 26% live in poverty, literacy levels at 68%

9>The Indian Diaspora
38% of Doctors in AMerica are Indians
36% of NASA employees are Indians
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians
28% of IBM employeesare Indians
17% of Intel employees are Indians
13% of Zerox employees are Indians

10>India will eventually become world's third largest economy after China and the USA --Goldman Sachs

11>India among fastest growing GDP's in the world

12>India's GDP will exceed that of Italy in 2020, France in 2020, Germany in 2025 and Japan in 2035 -- Goldman Sachs

13>India's Foreign exchange reserves history
1990-91 $4 billion
1995-96 $20 billion
2001-02 $60 billion
2002-03 $76 billion
2003-04 $100 billion
2004-05 close to $150 billion

14>Indian Economy
Robust growth of manufacturing, agriculture and services
Low external debt
250 Fortune 500 companies outsource IT work to India
Increased disposable income, increased wealth
Large emerging affluent middle class

15>Indian Aviation
Air deccan--1 st low cose domestic carrier
Most international carriers now target India for network growth and profitability
$5 bn capital infusion in govt owned carriers
Airport privatization

16>India will be the second fastest growing travel and tourism market over 2005-2014 at 8.8% -- WTTC

17> Size of indian tourism is 330 million as of 2004

18>Indians going abroad as of 2004
Singapore -- 375,658
Saudi Arabia -- 373,636
UAE -- 336,046
Kuwait -- 293,621
Thailand -- 280,641
Bahrain -- 268,383
USA -- 257,271
China -- 213,611
U.K -- 205,065
Hongkong -- 193,705
NewZealand -- 16,862

19> India growth projections
1999 -- 2.7%
2000 -- 3.4%
2001 -- 3.6%
2002 -- 4.2%
2003 -- 4.5%
2004 -- 5.9%
2005 -- 6.9%
2006 -- 8.0%
2007 -- 9.4%
2008 -- 11%
2009 -- 12.8%
2010 -- 15%

20> Drivers of outbound growth
Increased charter operations
Upper middle income group will remain largest segment
potential consumer pie will grow to 300 Mn
Age group of 15 to 49 likely comprise 62%
Self-employed who account for over 40% will emerge as
high potential target market
Holiday finance will become popular

21> Over 50 million Indian's will travel overseas by 2020 -- WTO

source: Stratergy Page

INdia and Pakistan Fire Power

INDIA

Military Manpower: 556,075,946
Personnel Fit for Military Service: 429,389,552
Available Yearly Military Manpower: 22,112,329

Purchasing Power: $2,966,000,000,000
Gold Reserves: $275,000,000,000

Oil Production: 834,600 (barrels/day)
Oil Consumption: 2,438,000 (barrels/day)
Proven Oil Reserves: 5,848,000 (barrels)
Labor Force: 516,400,000
Ports: 9

Airports: 346
Railways: 63,221 km
Waterways: 14,500 km
Roadways: 3,383,344 km
Land Area: 3,287,590 km
Merchant Marines: 477

PAKISTAN

Military Manpower: 75,807,598
Personnel Fit for Military Service: 57,820,634
Available Yearly Military Manpower: 3,818,309

Purchasing Power: $411,900,000,000
Gold Reserves: $15,690,000,000

Oil Production: 68,220 (barrels/day)
Oil Consumption: 345,000 (barrels/day)
Proven Oil Reserves: 289,200 (barrels)
Labor Force: 49,180,000
Ports: 2

Airports: 146
Railways: 8,163 km
Waterways: 0 km
Roadways: 258,340 km
Land Area: 803,940 km
Merchant Marines: 14

26/11 could have been averted

Mumbai cops had paid heed to a specific intelligence report two years ago

Had the Mumbai police paid heed to a specific intelligence alert, two years ago, that terrorists were planning to use the sea route to attack Mumbai, the carnage on November 26 could have been averted. The attack claimed 188 lives and left over 300 injured.

A senior IPS officer from the Crime Branch had circulated the alert message to his units, and had cautioned his staff to be extra vigilant during Christmas and New Year celebrations.

The letter states that during interrogation some arrested militants had revealed that the Pakistan Navy was imparting navigational training, particularly to LeT terrorists, along with selected cadre from other 'tanzeems' like Hizbul Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed etc.

The then Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Meeran Borwankar confirmed that the alert message was received. She added, "We did discuss the possibilities during a combined meeting and were also concerned about the same."

Another IPS officer said, "We do receive such alerts regularly, but one should understand that Maharashtra has a 720-km coast and manning it with limited resources is impossible."

He added, "Terrorists need not come to Mumbai's coastal area to offload explosives like the 1993 incident. It is a known fact that oil pilferages happen mid sea and at times instead of oil, it is RDX that changes hands and we can do nothing."

National Anti Terror Movement

NATIONAL ANTI TERROR MOVEMENT

Started on 28th of Nov 2008 by Manojit and a group of members from an online community 'Orkut'.Still in the beginnin of its formation, got around 300 members.

Join our Fight against Terrorism
here's the link for it , u can access it thru orkut: http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=51214828

Owner n Moderators
-Manojit Lahiri
-Rajiv Naidu
-Vivek
-Rajeev
-Nayana
-Kapil
-Rahul

Locations of some of the attacks
Location	Mumbai, India
Date	26 November 2008, 9:20 pm[1] – 29 November 2008 (IST, UTC +5:30)
Attack type	Bombings, shootings, hostage crisis[2]
Weapon(s)	RDX, AK-47, AK-56 and grenades[3]
Deaths	183[4][5]
Injured	327+[6]
Suspected perpetrator(s)	Controversial; suspects include the previously unknown Deccan Mujahideen,[7], the Indian Mujahideen,[8] Lashkar-e-Taiba,[9] Dawood Ibrahim,[9] and Al Qaeda[10]
Number of participant(s)	Unclear, sources say between 10 and 25[11][12][13]
Defender(s)	Mumbai Police, Anti Terrorist Squad, MARCOS,[14] National Security Guards.[15]

[show] Attacks with 50+ deaths in bold Indian Parliament attack – Srinagar – Akshardham Temple attack – 1st Mumbai 2003 – 2nd Mumbai 2003 – Ayodhya – Delhi 2005 – Varanasi – Jama Masjid – Mumbai 2006 – Malegaon – Samjhauta Express – Mecca Masjid – Hyderabad – Uttar Pradesh – Jaipur – Bangalore – Ahmedabad – 1st Delhi 2008 – 2nd Delhi 2008 – Western India – Agartala – Imphal – Assam – Mumbai 2008

PM salutes Marytrs ATS chief and NSG commando

Mumbai/Bangalore: Bangalore bid a tearful farewell to National Security Guard commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan while in Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare has been cremated.

Major Unnikrishnan was martyred on Friday morning while trying to save one of his colleagues at the Taj.

The 31-year-old Major, born on March 15, 1977 and the only son of retired ISRO officer K Unnikrishnan, joined the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the 7th Battalion of Bihar Regiment in 1999.

Major Unnikrishnan was with the 51 Special Action Group of the NSG.

The officer had joined the NSG on deputation in January 2007 after having served two tenures with his battalion in counter insurgency and counter terrorism roles.

He led a commando team to clear Taj Hotel on November 27. The operation was code named Operation Cyclone.

When one of the commando of his team was injured, Major Unnikrishnan went in to evacuate him and spotted one of the terrorists.

Major Unnikrishnan engaged the terrorist in a gunbattle and had overpowered him but another terrorist who was hiding in the room fired at him seriously injuring the brave officer. Major Unnikrishnan succumbed to his injuries soon.

Another NSG commando Havaldar Gajendra Singh was killed during the operations at the Jewish centre, Nariman House.

The operation at Nariman House was code named Black Tornado.

Karkare was killed along with two other top policemen, Additional Commissioner of police Ashok Kamte and police inspector Vijay Salaskar at Cama Hospital near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal when they came under fire from terrorists on Wednesday night

Commandos recieve Rousing Welcome

Commandos of the National Security Guards received a rousing welcome from the locals when they came out of the Nariman House after killing two dreaded terrorists, who had holed themselves in the building along with five hostages.

When the commandos came out after the successful mission, they were greeted with cheers, claps, pats on shoulders and patriotic slogans.

Bharat Mata ki Jai, Vande Mataram reverberated the narrow lanes of the area after the unit came out, after a grueling 12-hour-long final assault on the terrorists.

The crowd, which had gathered outside the building, came running towards the unit as they came out, drawing smiles on the battle-weary commandos' faces.

The roofs and balconies were full as men and women waited with bated breath for the soldiers to come out after finishing the ordeal.

The tiredness along with the sorrow of losing two of their men was palpable on their faces, but more than that it was the joy of achieving their target and accomplishing what was termed the most watched anti-terror action of the country.

Carrying their sophisticated weapons, some of them with their gear in hands tried to keep themselves calm, amidst the cheering crowd. Following the NSG were troupes of Army, Mumbai police and RAF, who were also welcomed by the crowd.

Some enthusiasts were seen approaching the force and getting a picture clicked with them. More than 500 people surrounded the bus which was carrying the team of commandos and raised anti-Pakistan slogans till it moved away.

source:rediff news

NSG (National Security Gaurds)

The National Security Guard has completed around 22 years in rendering significant service to the nation as a federal contingency force. It has been raised, equipped and trained as an elite commando organization to counter terrorism in all its facets in any part of our country. In present times, there is a lot happening in life and around us. In NSG our prime endeavor is to keep the Force youthful by regularly infusing young blood from Central Forces and imparting to them specialized training in Counter Terrorist Operations and Counter Hijacking. Our commandos have also received training at Bhaba Atomic Research Centre to combat the situations arising out of nuclear, biological and chemical threats. The Black Cats of NSG take birth from a process of training, retraining and enhanced training of a specialist nature. There are always endings and fresh beginnings. Though NSG was primarily raised as a Quick Reaction Contingency Force to deal with anti-hijacking, hostage rescue and combating terrorist activities, the Force also provides protection to high risk dignitaries, conducts anti sabotage checks at venues of public gatherings and performs Sky Marshal duties in domestic as well international flights. NSG is a light unto itself.

Functions

The NSG's roles include protecting VIPs, conducting anti-sabotage checks, rescuing hostages, neutralizing terrorist threats to vital installations, engaging terrorists and responding to hijacking and piracy.

The NSG is much sought after for VVIP security for high-risk VVIPs in India; this task is done by the SRG of the NSG. The SAG is strike force in anti-terrorist and anti-hijack operations, supported by the SRG and others. NSG's specific goals include:

• Neutralization of terrorist threats
• Handling hijacking situations in air and on land.
• Bomb disposal (search, detection and neutralisation of IEDs).
• PBI (Post Blast Investigation)
• Engaging and neutralizing terrorists in specific situations.
• Rescue of hostages

The NSG has a total personnel strength of about 14,500. The NSG was modeled on the pattern of the SAS of the UK and GSG-9 of Germany. It is a task-oriented force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG). All the personnel are on deputation.

The SAG is the offensive wing drawn from members of the Indian Army. The SRG consists of members from other paramilitary forces such as the Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State Police forces. There are other specialized units also.

The NSG Training Centre is a Centre of Excellence and the National Bomb Data Centre holds international conferences. Both are located at Manesar in Haryana. The NSG HQ Exchange is located at Mehramnagar, Palam.

Deccan Mujahideen

The word Deccan - corruption of the word dakshin or dakhin - immediately conjures up the image of Hyderabad. But the police in

Hyderabad say that they have never heard of an outfit called "Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan,"- that has claimed to have carried the operations in Mumbai- ever before.

"We haven't come across anything of this sort before," director general of police of Andhra Pradesh S S P Yadav said. "No central or state intelligence agency has ever mentioned that to us," Andhra Pradesh home minister Jana Reddy added.

Analysts who are experts at picking cues from phrases and communications however feel that there could be an indirect connection of the militant group that carried out attacks with Hyderabad. "After Hyderabad was integrated with the Indian union in 1948, there was large-scale migration from the Nizam's state to Pakistan, the UK and the USA.

It is possible that elements involved in the operation had some of their ancestors hailing from Hyderabad and they are using the name to connect with their original homeland," a senior police officer said.

Other analysts pointed out after 1948 not only did the issue of Kashmir reach the United Nations, but even the Nizam in his last days had sent a team to the same agency seeking an independence for Hyderabad in the aftermath of the Independence of India and its Partition. Intelligence officials said that they knew that there were elements in Pakistan who still were not reconciled to the incorporation of Hyderabad to India.

"We know it for a fact that in 2004, Jaish-e- Mohammad militants led by Maulana Masood Azhar had in one of their conclaves in Pakistan had decided to focus on the issue of independence of Hyderabad. What we see today is probably an assertion of this point of view," the intelligence source said.

He added that with Kashmir now at the centre stage, militants want to open up another contentious issue and hope that it would have some emotive appeal. Along with Kashmir and Hyderabad, Junagadh's accession to India had also been challenged by some. But Junagadh is a small district in Gujarat and its potential for generating emotive appeal amongst ex-Junagadhi's abroad is little.

Other analysts who believe that Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan "is real and not a red herring" said that nothing called Indian Mujahideen had also been heard till the rash of terror attacks in the country in the last few months. "But it was found that the term denoted the emergence of home grown terrorists and that was proven with the arrest of many educated merchants of death. The same could be the case with Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan," the officer said.

Director general Yadav however parried questions and tried to deflect the issue saying that the term Deccan denoted Deccan plateau and could denote any place between Pune and Hyderabad. Analysts however ruled out the direct connection of any present Hyderabad citizen with the militant group because the attacks bear the stamp of a high motivated and trained foreign agency.

"The most that we can see is that local underworld elements in Mumbai

may have helped in the landing of the militants in the vicinity of Gateway of India. This is not the job of any local Hyderabad trained ultra," a police source said.

source:TOI

Captured terrorist

Confessions by captured terrorist

Azam Amir Kasav,^[88] an 18 year old terrorist was caught and taken to the Nair hospital. According to preliminary investigations by intelligence agencies, Azam is from from Faridkot in Pakistan^[88] and had received arms training in Pakistan.^[89] Ammunition, a satellite phone and a layout plan of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was recovered from him. He has provided many clues to the investigation agencies and has reportedly described how they arrived at Mumbai from Karachi via Porbandar. He has reportedly said that he and other terrorists had received automatic loading revolvers, AK-57, bullet magazines and dry fruits from their coordinator.^[89] Azam reportedly told the police that they wanted to replicate the attack on Islamabad's JW Marriot hotel attack, and reduce the Taj Hotel to rubbles, replicating the 9/11 attacks in India

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Homage to Brave Men

Mumbai: A large number of people turned out to pay their last respects to Maharahstra's slain Anti-Terrorism Sqaud (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, whose body was taken in a procession from his residence in Dadar to the crematorium in Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai.

Besides several top police officials like Hassan Gafoor, Rakesh Maria and K L Prasad, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, his deputy R R Patil, Ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Harshvardhan Patil paid homage to Karkare.

Karkare, who is being given a state funeral, was shot dead by terrorists along with encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte near Cama Hospital.

Karkare, a 1982 batch IPS officer, did stints at Nanded, Akola, Thane and Bhiwandi and Mumbai. Before taking the post of ATS chief, Karkare worked with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for sometime.

Tearful adieu to Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Bangalore on Friday bid a tearful farewell to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the NSG Commando officer who was killed in the bloodiest counter-offensive at the Taj hotel in Mumbai.

Finally Ends

Mumbai: The terrorist siege of Mumbai ended this morning with security forces killing all gunmen in the flushing-out operations to secure the iconic Taj hotel, nearly 62 hours after a band of ultras struck at various centres in the country's financial capital.

Commandos carried out combing operations in the 529-room hotel, the last theatre of action. But by way of abundant caution the NSG refused to declare that the operations were over.

There was no immediate word on recovery of bodies in Taj. The death toll in the terrorist mayhem has already reached 190 including 14 police and NSG personnel. In all, 14 terrorists were killed and one captured alive.

"Three terrorists have been killed but the operations are still on. Until we search the entire hotel room-by-room and satisfy ourselves that are no more terrorists, I will not declare the operations over," NSG Director General J K Dutt told reporters shortly after 0830 hours.

"Only guests could be there. There may be no terrorists," he said.

An AK-47 rifle was also recovered from them. "There was lot of shooting. Grenades were lobbed and explosives were used by the terrorists," he said.

The elimination of the three terrorists came after intense battle between the commandos, who believed there was a lone gunman holding out, and the terrorists who kept exploding grenades at periodic intervals.

Dutt said the terrorists set off fires whenever they came under pressure as a diversionary tactics.

On Friday, the security forces had regained control of the Oberoi-Trident hotel and the Nariman House where five Israeli hostages were killed.

Adilibad: 6 Burn to Death

October 12, 2008 15:21 IST
Last Updated: October 12, 2008 19:28 IST

The communal violence in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday took a violent turn with miscreants burning alive six members of a family in a village in the early hours of Sunday.

State home minister K Jana Reddy said three houses were burnt in Vatoli village near the riot-hit Bhainsa town, where six persons, including three children, were killed.

The victims have been identified as Mahboob Khan, Naoman, Arsalan, Rizwana, Sfia Begum and two-year-old Tuba Falak.

Fresh wave of tension and panic gripped the people in the rural areas of the district as the news of the fresh incidents of violence spread on Sunday.

Jana Reddy told reporters in Hyderabad that the police had rushed to the village and patrolling had been intensified in the surrounding areas.

"Police are investigating the case and we will catch the culprits," he said. He described the situation in Bhainsa as peaceful and under control.

Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range, J Poornachandra Rao, who was camping in Bhainsa, also reached the scene of the ghastly incident.

The incident has occurred two days after the communal riots broke out in Bhainsa, killing four people and burning and looting of shops and businesses at a large scale.

Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi, who rushed to the village, charged the state government with failure in ensuring the safety and security of minorities.

"Despite our repeated pleas, the government has failed to provide protection to Muslims," he said.