9. While both the hotels were surrounded by Rapid Action Force personnel and Marine Commandos (MARCOS), the National Security Guards (NSG) also played a very important role during 26/11 attacks.
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan of the NSG was killed during the rescue of Commando Sunil Yadav, who was hit in the leg by a bullet during the rescue operations at Taj.
Unnikrishnan was the team commander of 51 SAG deployed in the operation at the hotel to rescue the hostages and entered the hotel in a group of 10 commandos. As the team descended the stairs, they suspected perpetrators on the third floor where a few women were held as hostages in a room which was locked from the inside. After breaking open the door, the cross firing occurred during which Unnikrishnan's colleague, Commando Sunil Yadav was injured.
While Unnikrishan engaged the perpetrators in a firefight, he arranged for Yadav's. In the cross firing, Sandeep Unnikrishnan was shot from the back and he later succumbed to his injuries.
