Mumbai: Hemant Karkare, Maharashta Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad chief, was among the 11 police officials who were killed while fighting terrorists in Mumbai on Thursday.
Karkare, 54, was killed in a shootout with terrorists at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel where terrorists have taken at least 15 people hostage.
Additional commissioner Ashok Kamte and specialist’ Vijay Saluskar were killed in a shootout with terrorists at Metro Cinema.
Karkare, a 1982 batch IPS officer, had returned to his state cadre after a seven-year tenure with the Research and Analysis Wing, Indian external intelligence agency, in Austria. His death is likely to affect the probe into the Malegaon blast.
IPS oficer Sadanand Date was killed in a separate gun battle. There were seven other police officials among the at least 78 killed in the coordinated terror attacks late on Wednesday night.
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A record 11 security personnel will receive country highest peacetime gallantry award - the Ashok Chakra - this year.
The awardees this year include National Security Guard commandos Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havaldar Gajendra Singh along with Mumbai Police officials Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and Tukaram Omble.
All the six were martyred fighting the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008.
Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, Havaldar Bahadur Dohra, Colonel Jojan Thomas, Orissa Special Operations Group Commandant Pramod Satpathy and Meghalaya DSP Raymond P Diengdoh, too, will receive Ashok Chakra
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave her stamp of approval of granting the country's highest peacetime gallantry award to 11 people on 26th oh jan.
The decision is unprecedented as even during war, India has not awarded its highest gallantry award - Param Vir Chakra - to so many people in a single operation.
Till date only 40 people have been awarded the Ashok Chakra - wartime equivalent of Param Vir Chakra - given for exemplary courage displayed or act of bravery during peacetime
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