Four top officers among 10 policemen killed in Mumbai (Second Lead)
November 27th, 2008 - 6:14 am ICT by IANSMumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Four top police officials, including Mumbai Police Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, were among the 10 policemen killed as security forces took on terrorists here in the early hours of Thursday, authorities said.Two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers - additional police commissioners Ashok Kamte and Sadanand Date - were killed in separate gun battles with terrorists following a series of attacks in India’s financial capital, the officials said.
Mumbai Police “encounter specialist” Vijay Salaskar were also shot dead in another gun battle.
Karkare was heading investigations into several recent cases of terrorist attacks here. There were six other police officials among the at least 80 killed in the coordinated terror attacks late Wednesday night.
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