Operations to flush out the terrorist are on at the Oberoii 2

Fight moves to Oberoi hotel, Nariman House

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TimePublished on Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 00:59, Updated on Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:46 in Nation section

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GOING IN: Commandos outside Nariman Bhavan, where militants are holed up in Mumbai.

GOING IN: Commandos outside Nariman Bhavan, where militants are holed up in Mumbai.


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* NSG announces all-clear at Taj Hotel, says all terrorists killed

* A cell phone, suspected to be one of the terrorists, with a foreign SIM card found outside Taj

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Helpline: Oberoi: 011-23890606, Taj: 022-66574322
* The National Security Guard and marine commandos are into the final assault against terrorists at the Oberoi hotel

* The assault team has sanitised parts of the Oberoi Trident

* Ten hostages walked out of Oberoi. But over 30, including five foreigners are still trapped inside

* Gunbattle is also on inside Taj hotel and a huge explosion has been heard

* At the third location, Nariman House, commandos are preparing to launch an assault

Mumbai: The siege at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel is over but commandos are still fighting terrorists in Hotel Trident-Oberoi and Nariman House, said a senior security official on Thursday night.

Mumbai: The siege at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel is over but commandos are still fighting terrorists in Hotel Trident-Oberoi and Nariman House, said a senior security official on Thursday night.

At last three terrorists were killed at the Taj and one is still holding out, new agencies reported. "There is one terrorist in the Taj (hotel). He has been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very quickly," said J K Dutt, Director General of the elite National Security Guards commandos.

"There is one terrorist in the Taj (hotel). He has been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very quickly," Dutt said.

The injured terrorist has not yet been captured but "we will be able to do so soon".

NARIMAN HOUSE

At least two or three terrorists are holed up in Nariman Bhawan (House), said Dutt. Reports coming in say four Israelis were among the people evacuated from Nariman House, a Jewish residential complex.

Dutt said the entire operation has slowed down as the commandos are taking precaution for the safety of the holed-up people in all the locations.

"Our first objective has been to ensure safety of the hostages and we have been able to get 145 rescued from the Taj. But after that, the going has been a little slow because each room will have to be sanitised and each room is checked," he said.

TRIDENT-OBEROI HOTEL

Huge flames billowed from an upper floor of the Oberoi hotel, where about 200 people are been trapped, after terrorists exploded grenades and set the roof on fire.

Dutt said two terrorists are holed up in the eighth floor of the Oberoi but the Trident section of the hotel has been cleared.

"As far as Trident is concerned, we have been able to completely clean up and we do not have any report of any terrorist being holed up over there. As far as Oberoi is concerned, yes, we have engaged two terrorists on the eight floor," he said.

Reuters reports helicopters buzzed overhead and crowds cheered as the commandos, their faces blackened, moved into the Trident-Oberoi.

The NSG's fight against terrorists is "almost coming to an end", said Mumbai’s police chief Hassan Gafoor.

Around two dozen militants in their early 20s, armed with automatic rifles and grenades and carrying backpacks full of ammunition, had fanned out across Mumbai on Wednesday.

(With inputs from PTI and Reuters)