The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel (52 page)

25. Ajmal Kasab in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.

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The Times of India

26. Mobile phone picture taken inside Chambers, showing Bhisham Mansukhani dressed in black and lying on the floor to the right, and his mother, dressed in a black sari, sitting in a chair behind him.

Tilu Mangeshikar

27. Bhisham Mansukhani (
right
) with Prashant Mangeshikar (
left
) at 11 p.m. on 26 November 2008, shortly after they had been led by hotel staff from the Crystal Room into Chambers. Prashant was the husband of the Bombay Hospital anaesthetist Dr Tilu, who tended to injured staff in Chambers after the failed evacuation in the early hours of the following morning. He survived the attacks.

Tilu Mangeshikar

28. The Taj burning.

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29. DCP Vishwas Patil was one of only a handful of police officers to enter the Taj on the night of the attacks.

Vasant Prabhu/Indian Express

30. Guests escaping out of windows of the Taj.

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31. An NSG commando, known as a Black Cat, entering the Taj.

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32. The Taj’s General Manager, Karambir Kang, reacts while sitting in front of the hotel on 27 November 2008. At least 101 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen in Mumbai, including his wife and two sons.

Reuters /Arko Datta

33. Mike Pollack (
third left
) sheltering from bullets moments after he escapes from the Taj.

Reuters

34. Mobile phone picture of Ajmal Kasab being interrogated at the Mumbai Crime Branch, early morning, 27 November 2008.

Mumbai police

35. AK-47 magazines and unused bullets recovered from the Taj hotel.

Mumbai Crime Branch

36. Hasan Gafoor, Mumbai police commissioner at the time of the attacks, giving a press conference.

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