Zeenews Bureau
At least 183 people lost their lives and nearly 300 were injured in the ghastly terror attack by heavily armed terrorists that began in Mumbai on Wednesday night and stretched till Saturday morning.
Carrying sophisticated assault weapons and grenades, the assailants targeted 10 places in the country’s financial capital, including CST and Taj and Oberoi hotels.
Among the deceased in the worst ever terror attack in the country, also dubbed as India’s own 9/11, include well-known names from business and social circles, and 22 foreigners.
Jewish couple Rabbi Gavriel and his wife are among the dead at a Jewish center, Nariman House that was seized by gunmen in Mumbai.
The couple`s two-year-old son, Moshe Holtzberg, managed to escape with the centre`s cook, Sandra Samuel.
A 73-year-old Cypriot émigré, who made a fortune chartering luxury yachts, was also killed in the terror attack. Andreas Liveras was one of those shot dead in the Taj Hotel. Owner of Liveras Yacht, which owns and charters luxury yachts, Andreas had come to Mumbai to scout for business opportunities.
The yachting tycoon was shot dead apparently moments after speaking to the BBC by phone from a basement. He was ranked 265 in this year`s Sunday Times Rich List.
Taj General Manager Karambir Kang also lost his wife and two children in the dreadful attack. The bodies of Niti (40) and her sons Uday (14) and Samar (5) were recovered from a locked toilet in their room in the hotel.
Others among the dead include Yes Bank’s non-executive chairman and co-promoter Ashok Kapur, businessman Sunil Parekh, developer Pankaj Shah and solicitor Anand Bhatt, who lost their lives in the attack on Oberoi Hotel.
Kapur and his wife had gone to the hotel on that fateful day. While Kapur’s wife Madhu managed to slip away from the jaws of death, he fell to the bullets of the assailants who were firing intermittently at everyone.
Later, security personnel found Kapur’s body on the 19th floor of the hotel. He owned a 34 percent stake in Yes Bank along with the bank’s MD & CEO Rana Kapoor.
Businessman Sunil Parekh and his wife Reshma, were also among those killed at the coffee shop at The Oberoi.
Ispat Industries’ executive director Vinod Garg, who was present during the attack, managed to escape from the Oberoi. However, his wife Uma Garg, who had come for a dinner meet with her husband and a team of foreign clients, was later found dead.
The founder of a French lingerie line and her husband were also killed in the attacks, the company`s president said. Loumia Hiridjee, creator of the Princess Tam Tam brand, and her husband Mourad Amarsy, were found dead in Mumbai.
India’s leading food writer and restaurant reviewer Sabina Sehgal Saikia of the Times of India was also confirmed dead in the dastardly terror attack on the Taj Hotel.
One of Bollywood actor Ashish Chowdhury`s sister, Monica Chhabaria, and her husband also lost their lives at the Oberoi.
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