‘Dogged pursuit’: The four-legged bravehearts who saved Mumbai in 26/11

Mumbai, Nov 26 : Not only humans, but man’s best friend also contributed in a big way to saving lives of hundreds of innocent people during and after the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike.
The Mumbai Police had deployed its Dog Squad in several of the sites targeted by the 10 armed Pakistani terrorists, including Ajmal Amir Kasab who was the only one to be caught alive, during those 60 hours.
The well-trained canines faithfully and fearlessly went around sniffing for deadly explosives, bombs, grenades and other dangerous materials to come up trumps at several locations for even after the terror attack was dealt with, unknown lethal risks remained.
While police dog Prince helped recover 17 grenades and four live bombs, Max detected 8 kg RDX, and 29 detonators near the Hotel Taj Mahal Palace besides another 25 grenades in the hotel’s lobby area.
Sultan found RDX and other explosives, Tiger detected bombs in Colaba and Caesar helped seize hand grenades at the Chabad House and 8 kgs RDX at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus during those turbulent 3 days.
While Prince passed away in November 2014, Max, Sultan, Tiger and Ceasar expired in April, June, July and October 2016, respectively.