India pays homage to Mumbai attacks victims

The chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra Tuesday paid tribute to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the mayhem which claimed the lives of over 170 people. Prithviraj Chavan paid his homage at the Police Gymkhana in Marine Lines in Mumbai and laid a wreath at a special memorial which has been made in memory of those policemen who died fighting the terrorists during the massacre. On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani militants entered Mumbai by sea from Karachi and carried out a three-day siege of India's financial capital, killing over 170 people, including six foreign nationals, and injuring over 300 others. All the militants were killed by security forces, except Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab who was caught alive. He was hanged last year after a trial by a special court which found him guilty of various crimes, including waging war against the state. India has submitted to Pakistan a number of dossiers containing evidence against the alleged masterminds of the terror attacks, including banned terror outfit Lashker-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed. But New Delhi claims that Islamabad has not yet taken any concrete steps to bring the perpetrators to justice.