New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday paid tributes to the victims of 2008 Mumbai terror attack and said that the Narendra Modi-led government’s “zero-tolerance” policy against terrorism has been appreciated by the entire world and India has become a world leader in anti-terror initiatives.
Shah said cowardly terrorists shamed humanity by killing innocent people in Mumbai on this day in 2008. “I pay my emotional tribute to the soldiers who attained martyrdom while fighting terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and pay homage to those who lost their lives,” he said in a post on X in Hindi with the hashtag #MumbaiTerrorAttack.
Terrorism is a blot on the entire human civilization, he said.
Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also paid floral tributes to the martyrs. Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar also paid tributes at the martyrs' memorial in the premises of the Police Commissioner Office in south Mumbai, where senior police officials were also present.
Family members of the policemen, who lost their lives during the November 2008 attacks, also paid tributes to the martyrs.
As many as 166 people lost their lives and over 300 were injured after 10 terrorists from Pakistan launched simultaneous attacks in several parts of Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
Ten armed militants from the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) entered the city via the sea and carried out a series of coordinated attacks across multiple high-profile locations, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel, CST Railway Station, and Nariman House.
The attacks prompted global condemnation and led to significant changes in India's counter-terrorism measures.
