(8/9) [9:45 PM, Nariman House]

“I was outside Taj, when my informant called me & said, ‘Saheb, Colaba pe blast hua hain.’ I’ve been in the Colaba area my whole life–the people there knew me, so I immediately went to Nariman House.

It was chaotic. A paan shop was destroyed, 1 person was dead & they’d thrown a grenade at Nariman House’s entrance. I called Maria Saheb–‘I’m on the spot, I need manpower!’ The building lights were gone & they were firing from the windows. So with my 3 men, I began clearing the surrounding buildings.

Within 15 mins, 350-400 people were evacuated without a single injury. My next agenda was to pin the terrorists down if they got out of Nariman House, they’d create more havoc. By then, Maria Saheb had sent more men. I told them–‘This is an attack on our nation; our motherland, we have to fight & protect it.’

We were 11 officers we placed ourselves on different floors of the surrounding buildings & fired we wanted to send the message that we’d surrounded them. The terrorists moved their position between the 3rd & 5th floors. We launched tear gas shells on them.

Maria Saheb called me & said, ‘Bagwan hilna nahi’; I said, ‘I’m here, I’m not moving, nothing will happen.’ By 5:30 AM more forces arrived we had 125 men. We set up gonis on every road leading up to Nariman House to make sure there was no escape. They tried coming down 2-3 times, but we’d fire & they’d go back up

We then got intel that they informed their handlers that they were surrounded. The handlers said ‘Shaheed hone ka waqt aa gaya.’

At dawn, I wanted to storm the building. I asked Maria Saheb for a go ahead, but by then we knew Salaskar Sir, Karkare Sir & Kamte Sir were no more. He said, ‘Bagwan I can’t risk it, just hold; NSG will help you.’
So that’s what we did. Until the NSG took possession on the 28th, for 1.5 days we held our position.

Finally, after the NSG operation was complete & when we saw those bastard’s bodies… I felt anger. Their bodies were charred, riddled with bullets but I didn’t think it was enough. The way they’d kill their hostages was so gruesome; what ‘jannat’ would take them? The deepest of hell is where they deserved to go.” 

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(9/9) [Present Day]

A month after the attacks I appeared as the prime witness against Ajmal Kasab; it was on my statement that he was hung years later. Still, when I met him in jail, I couldn’t control myself I started beating him; at least 10 cops had to pull me off him I would have killed him with my bare hands. But God kept both of us alive so that I could testify against him and the roots of his terror were revealed to the world.

Looking back, years later I still remember every last detail. I’ve won awards, the President has felicitated me and I’m back in service fighting crime, but I can’t get over the loss of Salaskar Saheb my mind goes back to how things could’ve been different; of how I could’ve saved him… but I know that we were all soldiers that night and our first and only priority is the country.

So I’m on duty till today to continue to serve; my every breath is to ensure that the 15 policemen, 2 NSG commandos and 149 civilians didn’t lose their lives in vain.” 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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