The Hindu Business Line : YES Bank’s Ashok Kapur killed in terror attack

Mumbai, Nov. 28 Mr Ashok Kapur, Non-Executive Chairman of YES Bank, fell to the bullets of terrorists who had laid siege to Hotel Oberoi in south Mumbai for over 40 hours beginning Wednesday evening.

A YES Bank spokesperson confirmed the death.

Mr Kapur and his wife were dining at the Kandahar restaurant in the hotel when the terrorists struck. His wife had a miraculous escape. “One terrorist was very close behind me, but some of us managed to get away and I found myself hiding somewhere with a Spanish couple,” said Ms Madhu Kapur. She moved around in the hotel, hiding here and there, till she was finally escorted out on Thursday morning. Since then, she had maintained vigil outside the hotel, anxious for a word on her husband’s safety.

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