'26/11 terrorists were asked to take ministers as hostages'
15 years, 5 months ago

'26/11 terrorists were asked to take ministers as hostages'

The Hindu  

The 26/11 terrorists were instructed on mobile phones by their Pakistani handlers to look for ministers and VIPs at the Hotel Taj here and take them as hostages before setting rooms on fire. The talks had been recorded by police while intercepting the conversation between the terrorists and their handlers in Pakistan, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam informed the court. A terrorist was told by the person on the other line of conversation to inform the families of the hostages at Hotel Taj that they should request the army to stop the operation if they wanted to see their loved ones alive. It is the case of police that the Pakistan handlers were watching television and instructing the terrorists who had lain siege at Hotel Taj and Oberoi for more than two days.

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