Need to uproot terrorism from the face of humankind: PM Narendra Modi on 26/11 anniversary

Mumbai: On the sixth anniversary of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the innocent people who lost their lives.

PM Modi who is in Nepal to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit took to his micro blogging site to remember the martyrs of 26/11 attacks.

We remember the horrific terror attacks in Mumbai on this day in 2008 & pay homage to the innocent men & women who lost their lives. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 26, 2014

 

 

We salute the brave security personnel who laid down their lives to protect several lives on that fateful day. They are our true heroes. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 26, 2014

Today is a day to reaffirm our commitment to work together to combat the menace of terror & uproot it from the face of humankind.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 26, 2014

166 people lost their lives in the dastardly terror attacks.

India terms Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed as an “evil mastermind” of the Mumbai terror attack, which Pakistan vehemently denies.

India has since long been demanding the deportation of Saeed from Pakistan so that he can be tried for his involvement in the Mumbai attacks. However, Pakistan has refused to do so stating that there are no credible evidence relating his involvement in the attack. 

The US has placed JuD, which is a frontal organization for terror group Laskar-e-Toiba (LeT), on the banned foreign terrorist organisation list. Lashkar-e-Toiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Anjum have been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks in India's financial capital that killed 166 people in November, 2008.