Six killed, 200 others trapped in Trident: Oberoi official

Mumbai, Nov 27 (PTI) About 200 people are still trapped inside Trident (Oberoi) here and five to six staff members of the luxury hotel have been killed in the night long terror seize.

"Altogether there would be around 200 people inside
the Oberoi complex in Mumbai. We believe that not less than
100 people are at the Oberoi side and not less than 100 people
inside the Trident side," Vice Chairman of Oberoi Hotels S S
Mukherjee told NDTV.

The plush hotel is currently surrounded by army and
NSG commandos in order to launch an offensive to flush out the
holed up terrorists and rescue hostages.

"We have definite information that the casualty of our
staff is about five-six people," he said.

Putting last night's occupancy at the hotel to be
around 375-385, Mukherjee said the terrorists "have not gone
down the basement and have only gone to the upper floors".

He said generally his other staff are safe and secure
and that they are "very concerned about guests, dignitaries,
employees and other staff who are trapped inside".

"We have very little information about what is
happening inside...what we can hear is that people are
generally inside the room," he said. (More) PTI NE