Hemant Karkare’s Picture  

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare suffered three bullet injuries in his chest and died in action fighting terrorists on the night of 25th and 26th November 2008. The last television visuals we all saw of the 54-year-old officer showed him in a light blue shirt and dark trousers surrounded by policemen armed with firearms. Hemant Karkare is a 1982 batch IPS officer and became the head of ATS in January after serving seven years in Research and Analysis Wing in Austria.
One of the brightest police officers in Maharashtra, Karkare had solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel and was also credited for the stunning revelations in the investigation of the Malegaon blasts. He is known for his discipline and fair investigation.

  Vijay Salaskar Picture

The other police officer who died in Wednesday night’s terror attacks in Mumbai included Vijay Salaskar, who had killed around 75 dreaded criminals in police encounters. Vijay Salaskar has been a visible and brave police officer of Mumbai and has been at the forefront of Anti-Crime activities in Mumbai. After being out of the spotlight for quite sometime, the encounter specialist was given the plum posting of heading of the anti-extortion wing of the crime branch.

Another prominent officer, Ashok Kamte, a 1989 batch IPS officer, was the DCP, Zone 1, in Mumbai and was also the key officer in state police. He had also served as the commissioner of Solapur and was always known to be in the thick of action.

Kamte was killed while fighting terrorists at Metro Cinema in the city along with encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar.They have set an example for all the security officers as they led from the front and took on the terror threat head on and died on duty while protecting the people of Mumbai.

God Bless their soul.

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