Taj operation over, three terrorists killed
The operation to flush out terrorists from Taj Hotel, Mumbai is over, signalling an end to the 62-hour siege by terrorists (started on 26-11-2008 night and ended on 29-11-2008 morning) three of whom were killed this morning in an assault by the elite commandos of National Security Guards (NSG).
However, the NSG is still sanitising the hotel to check if any remaining terrorist or explosive is still in the 400-room hotel, NSG Director General J K Dutt told reporters.
"The commandos killed three terrorists after intense gun-battle inside the hotel," Dutt 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, PTI reports said.
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