ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. dead

Hemant Karkare (c. 1954 - 26 November 2008) was chief of of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad. He was killed in 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was hit by three bullets in his chest

Mr Karkare, who was the 1982 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, held a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Vishveshvarayya Regional Engineering in Nagpur. He also served in the Naxalite-infested Chandarpur area of the state.


Hemant Karkare was leading investigations into the Malegaon Blasts and had been recently getting death threats. According to news coverage this incident does not appear to be related, and seems he and his high officials came into indiscriminate fire and succumbed to his injuries.

ATS chief Karkare succumbs to injuries
PTI ATS chief Hemant Karkare, two senior police officers and 78 others were killed when terrorists struck with impunity in Mumbai on Wednesday night in ...

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ATS chief Karkare an upright officer: Ex-Maha DGP
Nagpur, Nov 26: Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, who is under attack from saffron brigade, has received appreciation from none other than ...
Finally ATS 'on record'
ATS chief denies allegations of torture
We have evidence, may arrest more: ATS chief
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Reports: Terrorists Holding Western Hostages in Mumbai Hotels
Mumbai's chief of the Anti Terror Squad, Hemant Karkare, has died from injuries suffered while leading an operation against terrorists holding hostages at ...
ATS chief killed, commandos brought in to control situation
Scores killed in terror attacks
At least 80 people—including foreigners—are killed as terrorists ...
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Police confirm threat to blow up ATS chief's house
... to blow up the residence of Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare "within a couple of days", a top official confirmed on Wednesday. ...

Pune cops get threat call for ATS chief
The caller said ‘‘Anti Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare will be killed in a bomb blast within the two three days’’. The police identified that the call ...

Terrorists take Mumbai hostage
The anti-terror squad led by its chief Hemant Karkare entered Oberoi, while the RAF commandos were in action at the Taj. “Gunmen wanted anyone with British ...
Mumbai under attack
TERROR TAKES OVER MUMBAI
Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 300 injured
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Media muddy Malegaon terror probe
Last week, the influential Marathi-language newspaper Tarun Bharat reported that ATS chief Hemant Karkare was laundering millions of rupees through a ...
Togadia's name has not come up during probe: ATS
Not probing Togadia in Malegaon blast: ATS

More than 60 killed in multiple Mumbai shootings, blasts
Police said two of the gunmen had been shot dead, while the head of Mumbai's Anti-Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare, was killed leading a special operations ...

Malegaon probe: Anti-Terror Squad questions RSS leader
ATS chief Hemant Karkare interrogated Apte on Friday night at his residence in Pune. Earlier, the ATS had disclosed that Dayanand Pande and Lt Colonel ...

Terrorists hold hostages in Mumbai in coordinated attacks
Among those killed in the attacks was Hemant Karkare, chief of the police anti-terrorist squad in Mumbai, Indian television reported. ...