Hemant Kakre killed in Mumbai Attacks
November 27th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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ATS Hemant Kakre, 54, was hit by three bullets in his chest and other two two cops died on duty. He was gunned down when he was leading an operation at Hotel Taj against the terrorist who had taken 15 people as the hostages including the seven foreigners. Vijay Salaskar,the encounter specialist, was killed while fighting terrorists in the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks. While Ashok Kamte was the additional commissioner of Mumbai Police, killed while fighting the terrorists.
The IPS officer of the 1982 batch, Hemant Kharke had served in RAW for nice years and was made the ATS chief in January this year, solving the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel. September 29 blast in Malegaon credit goes to him. The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad’s chief Hemant Karkare was a man known for his discipline and fair investigation.
The officer of 1983 batch, Vijay Salaskar, had till recently killed around 75 dreaded criminals in police encounters. After being out of the spotlight for quite sometime, the encounter specialist was given the plum posting of heading the anti-extortion wing of the crime branch.
Ashok Kamte 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.
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November 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
HEMANT KARKARE WAS A GR8 HUMAN BEING, VERY NICE AND A STRONG PERSON. HIS SURNAME IS SADLY WRONGLY SPELT BY YOUR SITE, PLEASE CORRECT IT IF POSSIBLE. I ALSO FEEL THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA MUST NOT WHIP UP ANTI STATE OR ANTI POLICE FRENZY WHEN SUCH INCIDENTS OCCUR.
ITS BECAUSE OF SUCH PROPAGANDA ON TV CHANNELS, THAT EACH CHANNEL REPORTER KEPT HYSTERICALLY TAUNTING AND CRITICISING THE POLICE AND STATE MACHINARY, THAT POLICE OFFICERS HEMANT KARKARE, ASHOK KAMTE AND VIJAY SALASKAR MADE THE CARELESSNESS OF NOT HAVING BULLET PROOF JACKETS WHEN IN VEHICLES.
THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA SHOULD BE MORE RERSPONSIBLE, ASK PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM, ASK FOR SOLIDARITY AND UNITY RATHER THAN WHIP UP ANTI POLICE FRENZY.
IT MAKES ONE BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE ACT WAS SPONSORED BY POLICE OF STATE, IF ONE HAS TO SEE THE TV CHANNEL REPORTERS’ REACTIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRINGS.
AFTER HEMANT KARKARE AND OTHER COPS WERE SHOT DEAD, TV CHANNELS IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM A MARTYR, TRUE. BUT WHY COULD THEY NOT HAVE A BALANCED MEDIA COMMENT WHEN REPORTING INITIAL SHOOTOUTS.
I WATCHED AT ABOUT 11.30 PM OR SO, KARKARE TRYING THE HELMET, BULLET PROOF JACKET IN A TV GRAB, WHILE THE FOREGROUND SHOWED TV CHANNEL CRITICISING AND TAUNTING THE POLICE IN THE SAME FRAME.
POLICE MEN COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PRECISE AND CALCULATED IF THE ANTI POLICE FRENZY WAS NOT WHIPPED UP BY TV CHANNELS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOT OUTS. HEMANT KARKARE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL AND ALIVE, I AM SURE.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:43 am
HEMANT KARKARE….HOW WE CAN SAY JUST “GREAT”….NO; BEYOND THE WORDS,SOMEBODY WANTED TO ELIMINATE HIM(BOTH TWO SIDES-HINDU AND MUSLIM EXTREMIST),THEY HAVE DONE AT THE CRITICAL POINT AND NOW THEY ARE HAPPY, IAM SURE THEIR HAPPY NO LONGER, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY HUGE PANALTY BY NEAR FUTURE;
RESPECTED SISTER-KAVITHA KARKARE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBER,
YES THAT IS A FACT THAT YOUR BELOVED HEMANT KARKARE NO MORE ON EARTH BY PHYSICALLY, BUT HE TOUCHES THROUGHOUT EACH INDIAN MIND, AND WE CAN JOIN IN WHICH HEMANT BECAME MARTYRE
February 5th, 2009 at 6:06 am
every peace loving people in the world remember you proudly till the end