Rich tributes were paid today to the martyrs of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai on the third anniversary of the attacks.

Three years have passed since Mumbai saw the deadliest terrorist attack on 26th November 2008. Ajmal Amir Kasab and nine other heavily-armed gunmen, had arrived in Mumbai by sea, and attacked various places, including the Taj Mahal Hotel, Nariman House, Oberoi Hotel and Mumbai CST railway station, killing more than hundred and sixty people and injuring several others.

The state government has organised various programmes today in memory of people who lost their lives in the attack.

Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan laid wreaths at the Police Memorial in Mumbai this morning and observed silence for a while in memory of the 18 security personnel, including the then ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, who died fighting the Pakistani terrorists during the three-day siege.

A host of leaders including Home Minister R.R. Patil and PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, top police officers and family members of the martyrs were among those who paid tributes. The Police Memorial in Marine Drive, south Mumbai, will remain open today for the public to enable them to pay respects to the martyrs.

The state government run J J Hospital has organised blood donation camps in Mumbai, where the city police officials will donate blood.