The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel (49 page)

as asymmetrical terrorism 277

Cama Hospital attack 142-3

Chabad House attack 74, 84, 266-7, 277

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus attack 74, 84, 141, 277

control room and handlers 2, 121-2, 126, 153-7, 158-63, 165-8, 174-6, 178, 180, 234, 235, 262-3, 266-7, 272, 292

fatality list for Taj 295-6

FIA investigation into 288-9, 300

funds 116

hostages 134-5, 156, 158-9, 161-3, 165, 166, 167, 168-9, 174-5, 177-81, 237-8, 266, 267, 277

Lashkar phone call interception by ATS 153-7, 158-63, 165-8, 174-6, 178, 180, 262-3, 266-7

Leopold Café attack 62-6, 67, 84, 183

Mazgaon attack 84

and the NSG
see
National Security Guard (NSG)

planning and reconnaissance 44-58

Pradhan Commission inquiry and report 278, 298

and Rang Bhavan Lane ambush of police jeep 142-5

recruitment and training of fighters 102, 105-10, 113-23

sea journey and arrival of fighters in Mumbai 1, 123-7

Taj attack and siege 66-81, 86-91, 92-100, 128-39, 145-6, 154-9, 161-3, 166-81, 184-97, 199-220, 221-8, 235-44, 250-54, 255-6, 258-62, 263-6, 267-72, 274-6, 279-80, 295-6

target naming and delegation 120-21

Trident–Oberoi attack 73, 165, 204, 277

Vile Parle attack 84

Outalha, Faiza 34, 49-50, 53-4, 111, 112, 113, 127, 290

Pakistan 1, 37, 102-25, 289, 300

and Al-Qaeda 52

ISI
see
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

Lashkar jihadi group
see
Lashkar-e-Toiba

Pakistani-administered Kashmir
see
Kashmir: Pakistani-administered

training camps 40, 52, 57, 102, 106-15
see also
House of the Holy Warriors (
Bait-ul-Mujahideen
)

and the US 289

Parekh, Rama 201, 202, 203, 204

Pasha (Abdur Rehman Hashim) 39-40, 42, 43, 46, 52, 290, 291

Pasha, Shuja 292

Patel, Sunil 47

Patil, Sadanand 295

Patil, Vishwas Nangre xii, 23-8, 73, 88-90, 92-3, 129-30, 133, 134, 135, 136-7, 146, 166, 171, 172-3, 177, 192-3, 194, 195-6, 272-3, 284

Peck, Gregory 19-20

Peshave, Amit xi, 11-12, 18, 29, 71, 78-80, 86-7, 96, 182-4, 220, 229-30, 247, 257-8, 272, 282, 287

Peter, Portia
see
Gilani, Portia

Petwal, Puru 67, 74, 130, 133, 134, 135-6, 171, 173, 176, 179-80

Pietersen, Kevin 15, 273

Pike, Ben 22

Pike, Nigel 22, 131-2, 186, 246, 274

Pike, Rosie 22

Pike, Will ix, 19-20, 21-3, 28-9, 68-9, 128, 131-3, 185-9, 240-41, 247, 274, 281-2

police 65-6, 81-6, 88-90, 92, 95, 128-9, 140-41, 147-9, 153-7, 272-3, 278, 302

Anti-Extortion Cell 232-3

Colaba local police 64-5, 173-4, 176-7, 192

Control Room, Crawford Market 65, 82, 83, 85, 89, 100, 135, 137, 142, 142-3, 148, 165, 166, 194, 207, 231-4, 231-5, 263, 284

Crime Branch 85, 140, 148-9, 231-6, 276, 284, 298
see also
Bharti, Deven; Jadhav, Arun; Maria, Rakesh; Salaskar, Vijay

inside the Taj 89-90, 92-3, 95, 129-30, 133-7, 146, 166-7, 171-2, 192-4, 208, 253, 270-71

interrogation of Kasab 149-53, 231-3, 276, 278

Quick Response Teams 83, 88, 129, 194-5

Rang Bhavan Lane ambush of police jeep 142-5

State Reserve Force 83, 173-4

Striking Mobiles 66, 83, 85, 88-9, 195

see also specific officers by name

Pollack, Anjali x, 75, 94, 95, 184, 208, 209, 222, 223-4, 242, 252-3, 254, 281

Pollack, Mike x, 75, 94, 95, 184, 208-9, 222-3, 242, 253, 254, 281

Pradhan Commission 278, 298

Prism programme 291

Qaeda, Al- 41-2, 52, 122 1999 attacks on American embassies 38

American reprisal attacks on Afghanistan camps 38

attack on USS
Cole
39

and Lashkar-e-Toiba 39, 42, 52

and the US 55, 289, 290

Qahafa the Bull 54, 56, 102, 106-7, 110, 113, 120, 121, 122-3, 124, 160-63, 175-6, 178, 180, 263, 292

Qama, Al- (Mazhar Iqbal) 107, 108, 109, 110, 114-15, 117, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 291

Qasim, Mohammed 292

Rajan, Chhota 82

Rajvardhan, Special Branch DC
see
Sinha, Rajvardhan

Ramamoorthy, Kuttalam Rajagopalan x, 137-9, 156, 157-9, 161, 162-3, 168-9, 177-8, 179, 181, 236-8, 282

Rana, Tahawwur 34, 37, 46, 111, 112, 291

Randhava, Rupinder 296

Rang Bhavan Lane 142-5

RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) 100, 171, 285

Rawalpindi 105

RDX 25, 117, 121, 122, 123, 172, 234-5

Red Mosque, Islamabad 52

Reed, Dan:
Terror in Mumbai
299

Rego, Boris 12, 184, 213, 246, 256, 296

Rego, Kevin 246

Rego, Urbano 217-18, 246, 256

Rehman, Abdul ‘Bada’
see
Arshad, Hafiz

Rehman, Abdul ‘Chhota’ (Mohammed Altaf) 114, 120, 121, 153, 262-3

Reliance cyber café, Mumbai 45

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) 100, 171, 285

Riedel, Bruce:
Deadly Embrace
302

Rosemount Court 10

Roshan, former Taj Data Centre operator 196-7, 227, 264, 268, 269

Rotella, Sebastian 302

Russell, Elizabeth 296

Saeed, Hafiz xiv 39, 52, 57, 103, 107, 109, 113, 117, 118, 128, 294

Sahib, Major General 109-10, 118, 119

Saikia, Aniruddha ix, 281

Saikia, Arundhati ix, 281

Saikia, Sabina Sehgal ix, 11, 16-18, 29-30, 77-8, 99-100, 164-5, 199, 205-6, 261, 274-6, 280-81, 296

Saikia, Shantanu ix, 17, 18, 164-5, 199, 205-6, 261, 274, 275-6, 281

Salaskar, Vijay 142, 143, 257

Samuel, Sandra 277

Sarasvati, Rajiv 133, 296

SCA Charitable Foundation 281

Schiffer, Charles ix

Segel, Nikhil 78, 99, 261, 274, 275, 276, 281, 288

Shah, Zarrar 119-20, 121, 124, 292

Shaukatali, Rehmatullah 12, 79, 296

Shejwal, Swapnil 158, 181

Shiekh, Maqsood 296

Shinde, Rahul 296

Shiv Sainiks 6-7

Shoaib, Lashkar fighter 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 120, 121, 126, 153, 175, 272, 276

Shogi GSM monitoring 141, 153-7, 158-63, 165-8, 174-6, 178, 180

Singh, Gajender 267

Singh, Manmohan 23

Singh, Parambir 153

Sinha, Rajvardhan xii, 26, 65-6, 73, 74, 93, 129-30, 133-4, 137, 153, 166, 167, 171-3, 177, 192, 193-5, 256-7, 284

Sipah-e-Sahaba 300

Sisodia, Govind Singh xiii, 249-50, 251, 259, 262, 263, 265, 266, 269-70, 271, 272, 284-5, 287

Solanki, Amarchand 125, 126, 234

Sorte, Sachin 62-3

State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) 83, 173-4

Stevens, Frederick 47-8

Strømme, Arne xi, 62, 63-4, 183, 282

Taj Lands End, Bandra 15

Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Tower 5-21, 28-33, 47-8

Aquarius café 11, 34, 71-2, 79-80

beginnings 20

Black Suits 67, 72-3, 77, 89, 90, 129-30, 206, 207, 212, 251, 302
see also
Petwal, Puru

CCTV footage 76, 133, 298

CCTV room 130, 133, 135-6, 137, 167, 171-2, 174, 196

cellars 48, 208, 217, 224, 255-6

Chambers 94-5, 184, 208-15, 218, 221-2, 225-7, 241-4, 252-3

Crystal Room 15, 47, 70-71, 75, 80-81, 94, 134, 179, 192, 254, 264-5, 287

Data Centre 6, 130-31, 170, 196-7, 227, 267-8

fatality list 295-6

fire 137, 145, 154, 155, 161, 163, 164, 166, 169, 173, 197, 236-7, 261

Harbour Bar 34, 75-6, 206, 269, 270-72

Headley’s reconnaissance visits to 33, 47-9, 50-51, 53

hostages 134-5, 156, 158-9, 161-3, 166, 167, 168-9, 174-5, 177-81, 237-8

kitchens and kitchen staff 8-11, 20, 94, 207-9, 212-18, 220-21, 225, 227-8, 229-30, 255-6, 286, 287, 303

see also
Oberoi, Hemant

Lavender Room 95, 209, 222, 224, 225-6, 252

Masala Kraft restaurant 8, 10, 59, 76, 94, 138

NSG (Black Cats) inside 250-52, 255, 258-61, 262, 263-6, 268, 269-72, 275

Palm Lounge 6, 264, 265-6

police inside 88-90, 92-3, 95, 129-30, 133-7, 146, 166-7, 171-4, 192-6, 208, 253, 270-71

Rendezvous Room 15, 97-8, 128, 199

restoration and relaunch 286-7

room 632 (hostage room) 136, 137-9, 157-8, 161-3, 166, 168-9

security weaknesses 27

Shamiana coffee shop 11, 12, 29, 67, 71, 78-80, 86, 87, 93, 182

siege
see
Operation Bombay: Taj attack and siege

Souk restaurant 10, 31, 32, 69, 96-8, 201, 205, 210, 283

Starboard Bar 34, 184, 207

Sunrise Suite 18, 77-8, 275, 287

Time Office 5-6, 11-12, 67, 89, 170, 208, 212, 216, 220

warnings of possible attacks 27, 28

Wasabi restaurant 8, 10, 76, 94, 95, 213, 266, 269-70, 271

Zodiac Grill 8, 10, 74, 184, 207, 213

Taj Public Services Welfare Trust 288

Taliban 39, 41, 81, 122, 289

Talim, Hemant 96, 184, 213, 214, 217, 229-30, 255, 287, 296

Tandel, Bharat 3

Tankel, Steven:
Storming the World Stage
301

Tata, Jamsetji 8, 20, 47, 48

Tata, Ratan 14, 77, 94, 136, 197, 256, 261

Tata group 136, 205, 286, 288

Tayabat
122

Terror in Mumbai
(Reed) 299

Thadani, Amit x, 70, 90-91, 185, 189-91, 209, 210, 238-40, 282-3

Thadani, Varsha x, 70, 90-91, 185, 189-91, 210, 238-9, 240, 282-3

Thayil, Jeet 82

Theis, John 112

Trident–Oberoi hotel 23, 25, 28, 32

Lashkar attack 73, 165, 204, 277

Tiffin restaurant 165, 201, 204

Umar (Nasir) 120, 121, 153, 267

Umer
see
Ahmed, Naseer (Abu Umer)

Umm-e-Hammad:
Ham Ma’en Lashkar-e-Taiba Ki
300-301

United States of America

and Al-Qaeda 55, 289, 290

and Headley 301

and Lashkar 289-90, 293

National Security Team 54

and Pakistan 288

Prism programme 291

US embassy, Islamabad 53-4

US intelligence 44, 166, 236, 289, 301

Unnikrishnan, Sandeep 250, 259-60, 264-6, 296

Varghese, Thomas 213, 214, 217, 219-20, 255, 296

Vatsayan, Puneet 145

Vile Parle bombing 84

Waddee, Zunaid ix

Walters, Reagan ix

Warek, Vilas 46-7

Wasi, Brother 139, 153-7, 158-60, 162, 166-8, 174-5, 266-7, 292

Waze, Sachin:
Jinkun Harleli Ladhai
299

Welcome Tent Service 105

Wilmans, Zane ix

Woldbeck, Line Kristin xi, 62, 63-4, 66, 183-4, 282

Yadav, Sunil 264

Zaki,
chacha see
Lakhvi, Zaki-ur-Rehman