Seventeen years since 26/11.
Ahead of the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in Mumbai, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation workers clean the statue of Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble, who captured terrorist Ajmal Kasab and ensured that Pakistan's diabolic role in the 26/11 attacks was exposed to the world.
ASI Omble paid for his heroism with his life, a sacrifice that will never be forgotten by thi grateful city and nation.
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