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	Karkare did his primary schooling from Chittranjan Das Municipal Primary School, Wardha and then received his middle school and high school education from New English High School, Wardha. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] degree in Mechanical Engineering from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]], [[Nagpur]] in 1975. After graduation he worked for the [[National Productivity Council]] of the Government of India and then [[Hindustan Lever Limited]] (now called Hindustan Unilever Ltd.), India's largest [[Fast-moving consumer goods\|FMCG]] company.<ref>http://patientcare.lvpei.org/vision-rehabilitation/images/feb-2010.pdf</ref>		Karkare did his primary schooling from Chittranjan Das Municipal Primary School, Wardha and then received his middle school and high school education from New English High School, Wardha. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] degree in Mechanical Engineering from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]], [[Nagpur]] in 1975. After graduation he worked for the [[National Productivity Council]] of the Government of India and then [[Hindustan Lever Limited]] (now called Hindustan Unilever Ltd.), India's largest [[Fast-moving consumer goods\|FMCG]] company.<ref>http://patientcare.lvpei.org/vision-rehabilitation/images/feb-2010.pdf</ref>

	He joined the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) as a member of the 1982 batch. Before becoming ATS Chief of Maharashtra State in January 2008, he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) of [[Mumbai Police]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239150 \|title=Steel In The Driftwood \|publisher=www.outlookindia.com \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> He served seven years in Austria in the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW), India's external intelligence agency.		==Police Service==

			Karkare joined the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) as a member of the 1982 batch(35RR).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=35RR IPS Cadre\|url=https://www.svpnpa.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=378:1982-batch&catid=32&Itemid=170\|url-status=live}}</ref> Before becoming ATS Chief of Maharashtra State in January 2008, he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) of [[Mumbai Police]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239150 \|title=Steel In The Driftwood \|publisher=www.outlookindia.com \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> He served seven years in Austria in the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW), India's external intelligence agency.
	According to former senior Mumbai Police officer Y.C. Pawar, Mr. Karkare was regarded as very influential officer in police circles.		According to former senior Mumbai Police officer Y.C. Pawar, Mr. Karkare was regarded as very influential officer in police circles.

	==Malegaon investigation==		==Malegaon investigation==
	On 8 September 2006, a series of [[2006 Malegaon bombings\|bomb blasts]] took place in [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]]		On 8 September 2006, a series of [[2006 Malegaon bombings\|bomb blasts]] took place in [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]].
	On 29 September 2008, three bombs exploded in [[Modasa]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]] killing eight people, and injuring 80. Several unexploded bombs were found in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat.		On 29 September 2008, three bombs exploded in [[Modasa]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]] killing eight people, and injuring 80. Several unexploded bombs were found in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat.
	Hemant Karkare, as the chief of the state Anti-Terror Squad, led the investigation into the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings\|2008 Malegaon blasts]].<ref name=IE_1127>{{cite news \|last= Rajesh \| first= Y. P. \| title= Karkare's response to death threat: a 'smiley' \| publisher = The Indian Express\| date= 2008-11-27\| url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ats-chief-hemant-karkare-dies-a-heros-death/391325/ \| access-date = 2008-11-29}}</ref> In late October 2008, the ATS arrested eleven suspects, including a former [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad\|ABVP]] student leader [[Pragya Singh Thakur\|Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur]], Swami Amritananda alias Dayanand Pandey, a retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay and a serving Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit.<ref name=NYT>		Hemant Karkare, as the chief of the state Anti-Terror Squad, led the investigation into the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings\|2008 Malegaon blasts]].<ref name=IE_1127>{{cite news \|last= Rajesh \| first= Y. P. \| title= Karkare's response to death threat: a 'smiley' \| publisher = The Indian Express\| date= 2008-11-27\| url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ats-chief-hemant-karkare-dies-a-heros-death/391325/ \| access-date = 2008-11-29}}</ref> In late October 2008, the ATS arrested eleven suspects, including a former [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad\|ABVP]] student leader [[Pragya Singh Thakur\|Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur]], Swami Amritananda alias Dayanand Pandey, a retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay and a serving Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit.<ref name=NYT>
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	Opposition parties, including the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and [[Shiv Sena]], and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent radical government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=02fc80de-53d4-4bc7-ac8c-8801ef9632a6&&Headline=Arrests+of+%27Hindu+terrorists%27+embarasses+BJP \|title=Arrests of 'Hindu terrorists' embarasses BJP \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2008-10-28 \|access-date=2008-10-28}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-not-ready-to-believe-that-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-is-a-terrorist/386500/3 \|title='I'm not ready to believe that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a terrorist' \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2008-11-17 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction.<ref>[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [http://www.hindustantimes.com/columnsothers/voting-with-our-heads/article1-357448.aspx Voting with our heads]{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/malegaon-case-was-there-a-message-from-top-to-rohini-salian-asks-congress-2312796.html Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress], Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015</ref>		Opposition parties, including the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and [[Shiv Sena]], and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent radical government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=02fc80de-53d4-4bc7-ac8c-8801ef9632a6&&Headline=Arrests+of+%27Hindu+terrorists%27+embarasses+BJP \|title=Arrests of 'Hindu terrorists' embarasses BJP \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2008-10-28 \|access-date=2008-10-28}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-not-ready-to-believe-that-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-is-a-terrorist/386500/3 \|title='I'm not ready to believe that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a terrorist' \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2008-11-17 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction.<ref>[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [http://www.hindustantimes.com/columnsothers/voting-with-our-heads/article1-357448.aspx Voting with our heads]{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/malegaon-case-was-there-a-message-from-top-to-rohini-salian-asks-congress-2312796.html Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress], Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015</ref>
	[[Narendra Modi]], then the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.<ref name=EPW/>		[[Narendra Modi]], then the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.<ref name=EPW/>
	Some BJP, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the [[Sangh Parivar]] and of using illegal detention and torture.<ref name = IE_1127/><ref name = CNN_1129>{{cite news\|title = Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil'\| url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html\| publisher = [[CNN\|CNN.com]]\| date = 2008-11-29 \| access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> Thakur was given a clean-chit in the chargesheet presented by NIA in 2016 to the court. And the court dropped charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) put by ATS following which she applied for a bail and the Court granted it. The bail order stated that she is "suffering from breast cancer" and was "infirm and cannot even walk without support". She is currently facing charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections and a trial is ongoing as of April 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-she-got-bail-on-health-conditions-malegaon-blast-victim-s-father-moves-nia-court-against-sadhvi-pragya-contesting-2741009 Blast Victim's father moves NIA court against Pragya Contesting]</ref> She contested and won the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bhopal]] seat during the [[2019 Indian general election\|Lok Sabha elections of 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pragya-singh-thakur-wins-bhopal-ls-seat-by-over-3-lakh-votes/videoshow/69474052.cms\|title=Pragya Singh Thakur wins Bhopal LS seat by over 3 lakh votes\|website=India Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>		Some BJP, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the [[Sangh Parivar]] and of using illegal detention and torture.<ref name = IE_1127/><ref name = CNN_1129>{{cite news\|title = Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil'\| url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html\| publisher = [[CNN\|CNN.com]]\| date = 2008-11-29 \| access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> Thakur was given a clean-chit in the chargesheet presented by NIA in 2016 to the court. And the court dropped charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) put by ATS following which she applied for a bail and the Court granted it. The bail order stated that she is "suffering from breast cancer" and was "infirm and cannot even walk without support". She is currently facing charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections and a trial is ongoing as of April 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-she-got-bail-on-health-conditions-malegaon-blast-victim-s-father-moves-nia-court-against-sadhvi-pragya-contesting-2741009 Blast Victim's father moves NIA court against Pragya Contesting]</ref> She contested and won the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bhopal]] seat during the [[2019 Indian general election\|Lok Sabha elections of 2019]]. He tortured Pragya Thakur while being in Jail along with Parambeer Singh and a few others as alleged by the Pragya Thakur herself.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pragya-singh-thakur-wins-bhopal-ls-seat-by-over-3-lakh-votes/videoshow/69474052.cms\|title=Pragya Singh Thakur wins Bhopal LS seat by over 3 lakh votes\|website=India Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>

	==Death==		==Death==
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	[[File:Smt. Kavita Karkare receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Hemant Kamalakar Karkare (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Karkare's wife receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pratibha Patil on 26 January 2009.]]		[[File:Smt. Kavita Karkare receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Hemant Kamalakar Karkare (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Karkare's wife receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pratibha Patil on 26 January 2009.]]

	Karkare, along with senior police officials Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, were killed outside the [[Cama Hospital]] after ~~the LeT terrorists Kasab and his partner Ismail~~ opened fire on their police van.<ref name="Tankel2016">{{cite book\|author=Stephen Tankel\|title=Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba\|year=2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-933344-8\|page=278}}</ref>		Karkare, along with senior police officials Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, were killed outside the [[Cama Hospital]] after Pakistani terrorist wing opened fire on their police van.<ref name="Tankel2016">{{cite book\|author=Stephen Tankel\|title=Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba\|year=2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-933344-8\|page=278}}</ref>

	At 9.45 p.m. on 26 November 2008, while having his dinner at his Dadar residence, he received a call about a terrorist attack at [[Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (C.S.T.) station. He switched on the TV for news and left at once with his driver and bodyguards for C.S.T. There he donned a [[bullet-proof vest]] and helmet (shown on news channels live), and went to Platform No.1, but found it deserted. He was then informed that the terrorists had moved to the [[Cama and Albless Hospital]] ("Cama") next to the [[Azad Maidan]] police station.		At 9.45 p.m. on 26 November 2008, while having his dinner at his Dadar residence, he received a call about a terrorist attack at [[Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (C.S.T.) station. He switched on the TV for news and left at once with his driver and bodyguards for C.S.T. There he donned a [[bullet-proof vest]] and helmet (shown on news channels live), and went to Platform No.1, but found it deserted. He was then informed that the terrorists had moved to the [[Cama and Albless Hospital]] ("Cama") next to the [[Azad Maidan]] police station.
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	In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Karkare. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death as bullets did not pierce the vest.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230127/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=10 September 2011 \| first1=S Ahmed \| last1=Ali \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Karkare death not due to faulty jacket \| date=21 November 2009}}</ref> Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709090446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-date=2010-07-09 \|title=Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|date=2010-07-03 }}</ref> because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Karkare--s-bullet-proof-vest-misplaced-in-hospital--Police/632616 \|title=Karkare's bullet-proof vest misplaced in hospital: Police \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2010-06-11 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Bombay High Court]] discarded a pending petition that had claimed that Karkare was not gunned down by terrorists [[Ajmal Kasab]] and Abu Ismail.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-high-court-refuses-to-order-probe-into-former-ats-chief-karkares-death/article22541583.ece\|title=Bombay High Court refuses to order probe into former ATS chief Karkare's death\|date=2018-01-28\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-04-20\|others=PTI\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Karkare. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death as bullets did not pierce the vest.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230127/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=10 September 2011 \| first1=S Ahmed \| last1=Ali \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Karkare death not due to faulty jacket \| date=21 November 2009}}</ref> Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709090446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-date=2010-07-09 \|title=Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|date=2010-07-03 }}</ref> because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Karkare--s-bullet-proof-vest-misplaced-in-hospital--Police/632616 \|title=Karkare's bullet-proof vest misplaced in hospital: Police \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2010-06-11 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Bombay High Court]] discarded a pending petition that had claimed that Karkare was not gunned down by terrorists [[Ajmal Kasab]] and Abu Ismail.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-high-court-refuses-to-order-probe-into-former-ats-chief-karkares-death/article22541583.ece\|title=Bombay High Court refuses to order probe into former ATS chief Karkare's death\|date=2018-01-28\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-04-20\|others=PTI\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	His wife Kavita Karkare, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage on 27 September 2014 and soon slipped into coma. Thereafter she died on 29 September 2014, at age of 57. She lived in ~~[[Hindu colony]]~~, [[Dadar]], and was a professor at the NSS B.Ed college, Tardeo, but left work a few months ~~ago~~ and was suffering from hypertension. The Karkares are survived by their two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Karkare's wife dies, gives life to others by donating organs\|work= Mumbai Mirror \| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Karkares-wife-dies-gives-life-to-others-by-donating-organs/articleshow/43835292.cms \|author=Lata Mishra\|date= 30 Sep 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web		His wife Kavita Karkare, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage on 27 September 2014 and soon slipped into coma. Thereafter she died on 29 September 2014, at age of 57. She lived in, [[Dadar]], and was a professor at the NSS B.Ed college, Tardeo, but left work a few months before her death and was suffering from hypertension. The Karkares are survived by their two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Karkare's wife dies, gives life to others by donating organs\|work= Mumbai Mirror \| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Karkares-wife-dies-gives-life-to-others-by-donating-organs/articleshow/43835292.cms \|author=Lata Mishra\|date= 30 Sep 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
	\| title = 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare's wife dies of brain haemorrhage \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/2611-hero-hemant-karkares-wife-kavita-karkare-dies-of-brain-haemorrhage/article6457824.ece \|date=29 September 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref>		\| title = 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare's wife dies of brain haemorrhage \|work= The Hindu \| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/2611-hero-hemant-karkares-wife-kavita-karkare-dies-of-brain-haemorrhage/article6457824.ece \|date=29 September 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref>

			===Official version contested===

			A book ''The Last Bullet'' by Vinita Kamte, wife of additional commissioner of police Ashok Kamte, who was killed in the 26/11 strike, alleges the police force ignored crucial information during the terrorist attacks. Vinita claims to have exposed Maria’s ‘feigned ignorance’ about the events unfolding in Rang Bhawan lane. Kamte, Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare and senior inspector Vijay Salaskar were killed there. Vinita also writes about how Karkare’s repeated pleas for reinforcement to block the passage of the terrorists fleeing Cama Hospital went unheeded for over an hour. <ref>{{cite web \|title=Slain cop’s wife writes tell-all book \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/slain-cop-s-wife-writes-tell-all-book/story-sNlyBBjq0TnVuSo6rujYJJ.html \|website=Hindustan Times \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|access-date=30 November 2021 \|language=en \|date=26 November 2009}}</ref>

			''Who Killed Karkare?: The Real Face of Terrorism in India'' by S. M. Mushrif. This book was published in October 2009, that is a year after 26/11 Terror Attack, is written by a former senior Maharashtra top cop, with a distinguished career that included unearthing the Telgi scam, peeps behind the propaganda screen, using material mostly in the public domain as well as his long police experience. The Times of India called this book controversial and quoted that the author he had highlighted in his book how former ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed in a conspiracy hatched by Intelligence Bureau (IB) to pave way for the appointment of their favoured KP Raghuvanshi as ATS chief to thwart investigations against the Hindu hardliners allegedly involved in Malegaon blast of 2006.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Jan 4 \|first1=Soumittra S. Bose / TNN / \|title=Maharashtra ex-IGP says IB got Karkare killed {{!}} India News - Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-ex-igp-says-ib-got-karkare-killed/articleshow/5408505.cms \|website=The Times of India \|publisher=The Times of India \|access-date=29 November 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	Opposition parties, including the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and [[Shiv Sena]], and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent radical government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=02fc80de-53d4-4bc7-ac8c-8801ef9632a6&&Headline=Arrests+of+~~'Hindu~~+terrorists'+embarasses+BJP \|title=Arrests of 'Hindu terrorists' embarasses BJP \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2008-10-28 \|access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-not-ready-to-believe-that-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-is-a-terrorist/386500/3 \|title='I'm not ready to believe that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a terrorist' \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2008-11-17 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction.<ref>[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [http://www.hindustantimes.com/columnsothers/voting-with-our-heads/article1-357448.aspx Voting with our heads], Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/malegaon-case-was-there-a-message-from-top-to-rohini-salian-asks-congress-2312796.html Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress], Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015</ref>		Opposition parties, including the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and [[Shiv Sena]], and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent radical government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=02fc80de-53d4-4bc7-ac8c-8801ef9632a6&&Headline=Arrests+of+%27Hindu+terrorists%27+embarasses+BJP \|title=Arrests of 'Hindu terrorists' embarasses BJP \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2008-10-28 \|access-date=2008-10-28}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-not-ready-to-believe-that-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-is-a-terrorist/386500/3 \|title='I'm not ready to believe that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a terrorist' \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2008-11-17 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction.<ref>[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [http://www.hindustantimes.com/columnsothers/voting-with-our-heads/article1-357448.aspx Voting with our heads]{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/malegaon-case-was-there-a-message-from-top-to-rohini-salian-asks-congress-2312796.html Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress], Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015</ref>
	[[Narendra Modi]], then the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.<ref name=EPW/>		[[Narendra Modi]], then the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.<ref name=EPW/>
	Some BJP, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the [[Sangh Parivar]] and of using illegal detention and torture.<ref name = IE_1127/><ref name = CNN_1129>{{cite news\|title = Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil'\| url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html\| publisher = [[CNN\|CNN.com]]\| date = 2008-11-29 \| access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> Thakur was given a clean-chit in the chargesheet presented by NIA in 2016 to the court. And the court dropped charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) put by ATS following which she applied for a bail and the Court granted it. The bail order stated that she is "suffering from breast cancer" and was "infirm and cannot even walk without support". She is currently facing charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections and a trial is ongoing as of April 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-she-got-bail-on-health-conditions-malegaon-blast-victim-s-father-moves-nia-court-against-sadhvi-pragya-contesting-2741009 Blast Victim's father moves NIA court against Pragya Contesting]</ref> She contested and won the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bhopal]] seat during the [[2019 Indian general election\|Lok Sabha elections of 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pragya-singh-thakur-wins-bhopal-ls-seat-by-over-3-lakh-votes/videoshow/69474052.cms\|title=Pragya Singh Thakur wins Bhopal LS seat by over 3 lakh votes\|website=India Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>		Some BJP, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the [[Sangh Parivar]] and of using illegal detention and torture.<ref name = IE_1127/><ref name = CNN_1129>{{cite news\|title = Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil'\| url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html\| publisher = [[CNN\|CNN.com]]\| date = 2008-11-29 \| access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> Thakur was given a clean-chit in the chargesheet presented by NIA in 2016 to the court. And the court dropped charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) put by ATS following which she applied for a bail and the Court granted it. The bail order stated that she is "suffering from breast cancer" and was "infirm and cannot even walk without support". She is currently facing charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections and a trial is ongoing as of April 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-she-got-bail-on-health-conditions-malegaon-blast-victim-s-father-moves-nia-court-against-sadhvi-pragya-contesting-2741009 Blast Victim's father moves NIA court against Pragya Contesting]</ref> She contested and won the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bhopal]] seat during the [[2019 Indian general election\|Lok Sabha elections of 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pragya-singh-thakur-wins-bhopal-ls-seat-by-over-3-lakh-votes/videoshow/69474052.cms\|title=Pragya Singh Thakur wins Bhopal LS seat by over 3 lakh votes\|website=India Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
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	The three officers and four constables had received information that [[Sadanand Date]] had been injured in the gunfire at the [[Cama Hospital\|Cama and Albless Hospital]] for women and children. Located at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,<ref name=IndiaExpress29-11 /> they took a [[Toyota Qualis]] and proceeded in that direction. Salaskar was driving, Kamte in the passenger seat, Karkare in the second row, and the four constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating. According to Jadhav, five minutes later, two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with [[AK-47]] automatic rifles. The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire. Kamte was the sole officer who managed to retaliate, wounding terrorist Ajmal in the arm.<ref>{{cite news \|author=PTI \|location=Mumbai \|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/100109-Injured-Ajmal-killed-Ombale-Maria.htm \|title=Injured Ajmal killed Ombale: Maria \|publisher=Mid-day.com \|date=2009-01-10 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to [[Metro BIG Cinemas\|Metro Cinema]]. Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at the police and press vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices ([[Vidhan Sabha\|Vidhan Bhawan]]) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tires of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were recovered and taken to [[St George Hospital, Mumbai\|St George Hospital]].		The three officers and four constables had received information that [[Sadanand Date]] had been injured in the gunfire at the [[Cama Hospital\|Cama and Albless Hospital]] for women and children. Located at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,<ref name=IndiaExpress29-11 /> they took a [[Toyota Qualis]] and proceeded in that direction. Salaskar was driving, Kamte in the passenger seat, Karkare in the second row, and the four constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating. According to Jadhav, five minutes later, two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with [[AK-47]] automatic rifles. The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire. Kamte was the sole officer who managed to retaliate, wounding terrorist Ajmal in the arm.<ref>{{cite news \|author=PTI \|location=Mumbai \|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/100109-Injured-Ajmal-killed-Ombale-Maria.htm \|title=Injured Ajmal killed Ombale: Maria \|publisher=Mid-day.com \|date=2009-01-10 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to [[Metro BIG Cinemas\|Metro Cinema]]. Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at the police and press vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices ([[Vidhan Sabha\|Vidhan Bhawan]]) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tires of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were recovered and taken to [[St George Hospital, Mumbai\|St George Hospital]].
	However the statement that Kasab fired "inside the car" was rejected by the court.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/constable-in-jeep-exaggerated-court/]</ref> The crucial evidence in Karkare's death - the source of bullet fired into his body was absent. The bullets did not match with few of the terrorist's recovered guns which made it impossible to decide who amongst the terrorists killed Hemant Karkare.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-evidence-is-weak-i-didn-t-kill-hemant-karkare-vijay-salaskar-ajmal-kasab-1479035]</ref><ref>[http://twocircles.net/2010jun03/26_11_court_s_observation_karkare_s_death_buried_media.html]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/evidence-is-weak-i-didnt-kill-karkare-salaskar-kasab/articleshow/7071757.cms]</ref>		However the statement that Kasab fired "inside the car" was rejected by the court.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/constable-in-jeep-exaggerated-court/]</ref> The crucial evidence in Karkare's death - the source of bullet fired into his body was absent. The bullets did not match with few of the terrorist's recovered guns which made it impossible to decide who amongst the terrorists killed Hemant Karkare.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-evidence-is-weak-i-didn-t-kill-hemant-karkare-vijay-salaskar-ajmal-kasab-1479035]</ref><ref>[http://twocircles.net/2010jun03/26_11_court_s_observation_karkare_s_death_buried_media.html]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/evidence-is-weak-i-didnt-kill-karkare-salaskar-kasab/articleshow/7071757.cms]</ref>
	In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Karkare. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death as bullets did not pierce the vest.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230127/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=10 September 2011 \| first1=S Ahmed \| last1=Ali \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Karkare death not due to faulty jacket \| date=21 November 2009}}</ref> Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709090446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-date=2010-07-09 \|title=Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|date=2010-07-03 }}</ref> because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Karkare--s-bullet-proof-vest-misplaced-in-hospital--Police/632616 \|title=Karkare's bullet-proof vest misplaced in hospital: Police \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2010-06-11 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Bombay High Court]] discarded a pending petition that had claimed that Karkare was not gunned down by terrorists [[Ajmal Kasab]] and Abu Ismail.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-high-court-refuses-to-order-probe-into-former-ats-chief-karkares-death/article22541583.ece\|title=Bombay High Court refuses to order probe into former ATS chief Karkare's death\|date=2018-01-28\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-04-20\|others=PTI\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Karkare. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death as bullets did not pierce the vest.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230127/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=10 September 2011 \| first1=S Ahmed \| last1=Ali \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| title=Karkare death not due to faulty jacket \| date=21 November 2009}}</ref> Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709090446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx \|archive-date=2010-07-09 \|title=Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay \|publisher=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|date=2010-07-03 }}</ref> because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Karkare--s-bullet-proof-vest-misplaced-in-hospital--Police/632616 \|title=Karkare's bullet-proof vest misplaced in hospital: Police \|publisher=Indianexpress.com \|date=2010-06-11 \|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Bombay High Court]] discarded a pending petition that had claimed that Karkare was not gunned down by terrorists [[Ajmal Kasab]] and Abu Ismail.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-high-court-refuses-to-order-probe-into-former-ats-chief-karkares-death/article22541583.ece\|title=Bombay High Court refuses to order probe into former ATS chief Karkare's death\|date=2018-01-28\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-04-20\|others=PTI\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	His wife Kavita Karkare, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage on 27 September 2014 and soon slipped into coma. Thereafter she died on 29 September 2014, at age of 57. She lived in [[Hindu colony]], [[Dadar]], and was a professor at the NSS B.Ed college, Tardeo, but left work a few months ago and was suffering from hypertension. The Karkares are survived by their two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Karkare's wife dies, gives life to others by donating organs\|work= Mumbai Mirror \| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Karkares-wife-dies-gives-life-to-others-by-donating-organs/articleshow/43835292.cms \|author=Lata Mishra\|date= 30 Sep 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web		His wife Kavita Karkare, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage on 27 September 2014 and soon slipped into coma. Thereafter she died on 29 September 2014, at age of 57. She lived in [[Hindu colony]], [[Dadar]], and was a professor at the NSS B.Ed college, Tardeo, but left work a few months ago and was suffering from hypertension. The Karkares are survived by their two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Karkare's wife dies, gives life to others by donating organs\|work= Mumbai Mirror \| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Karkares-wife-dies-gives-life-to-others-by-donating-organs/articleshow/43835292.cms \|author=Lata Mishra\|date= 30 Sep 2014\| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web

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{{Infobox police officer
|honorific_prefix = [[List of police ranks in India|Joint Commissioner of Police]]
| name = Hemant Karkare
|honorific_suffix=[[Ashok Chakra Award|AC]]
| image = Hemant Karkare.jpg
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| birth_date = 12 December 1954<ref>[http://www.svpnpa.gov.in/OtherPages/IPSSearch.aspx ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020131547/http://www.svpnpa.gov.in/OtherPages/IPSSearch.aspx |date=20 October 2008 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
(present-day [[Maharashtra]], India)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|26|1954|12|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
(Martyred in [[2008 Mumbai attacks]])
| known_for = [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]
| department = [[Indian Police Service]]<br>[[Anti-Terrorism Squad|Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad]]
| allegiance = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| service = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| serviceyears = 1982–2008
| rank = [[File:Insignia of Inspector General of Police in India- 2013-10-02 16-14.png|40px]]<br>[[List of police ranks in India|Joint Commissioner of Police]]
| awards = [[File:Ashoka Chakra ribbon.svg|34px]] [[Ashoka Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]]
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}}
'''Hemant Karkare''' [[Ashoka Chakra|AC]] ({{audio|Ma-Hemant Karkare.ogg|pronunciation}}) (12 December 1954 – 27 November 2008) was the chief of the [[Anti-Terrorism Squad|Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad]] (ATS). He was killed in action during the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. In 2009, he was posthumously given the [[Ashoka Chakra Award|Ashoka Chakra]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karkare-ombale-sharma-among-ashok-chakra-awardees/articleshow/4031707.cms?from=mdr|title=Karkare, Ombale & Sharma among Ashok Chakra awardees|date=2009-01-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/late-hemant-kamlakar-karkare|title=Late Hemant Kamlakar Karkare {{!}} Gallantry Awards|website=gallantryawards.gov.in|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration.

Karkare succeeded [[K. P. Raghuvanshi]] as the Chief of ATS in January 2008 and was eventually succeeded by Raghuvanshi after he was shot dead on 26 November 2008. He was credited with solving the serial bombing cases in [[Thane]], [[Vashi]] and [[Panvel]], and led the investigation of the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|2008 Malegaon blasts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html | work=CNN | title=Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil' |publisher=CNN.com | date=29 November 2008 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Karkare did his primary schooling from Chittranjan Das Municipal Primary School, Wardha and then received his middle school and high school education from New English High School, Wardha. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Engineering]] degree in Mechanical Engineering from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]], [[Nagpur]] in 1975. After graduation he worked for the [[National Productivity Council]] of the Government of India and then [[Hindustan Lever Limited]] (now called Hindustan Unilever Ltd.), India's largest [[Fast-moving consumer goods|FMCG]] company.<ref>http://patientcare.lvpei.org/vision-rehabilitation/images/feb-2010.pdf</ref>

He joined the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) as a member of the 1982 batch. Before becoming ATS Chief of Maharashtra State in January 2008, he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) of [[Mumbai Police]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239150 |title=Steel In The Driftwood |publisher=www.outlookindia.com |access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> He served seven years in Austria in the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW), India's external intelligence agency.
According to former senior Mumbai Police officer Y.C. Pawar, Mr. Karkare was regarded as very influential officer in police circles.

==Malegaon investigation==
On 8 September 2006, a series of [[2006 Malegaon bombings|bomb blasts]] took place in [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]]
On 29 September 2008, three bombs exploded in [[Modasa]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Malegaon]], [[Maharashtra]] killing eight people, and injuring 80. Several unexploded bombs were found in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat.
Hemant Karkare, as the chief of the state Anti-Terror Squad, led the investigation into the [[29 September 2008 western India bombings|2008 Malegaon blasts]].<ref name=IE_1127>{{cite news |last= Rajesh | first= Y. P. | title= Karkare's response to death threat: a 'smiley' | publisher = The Indian Express| date= 2008-11-27| url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ats-chief-hemant-karkare-dies-a-heros-death/391325/ | access-date = 2008-11-29}}</ref> In late October 2008, the ATS arrested eleven suspects, including a former [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] student leader [[Pragya Singh Thakur|Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur]], Swami Amritananda alias Dayanand Pandey, a retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay and a serving Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit.<ref name=NYT>
{{cite news |title=India Police Say They Hold 9 from Hindu Terrorist Cell |newspaper=The New York Times |date=11 November 2008 |edition=Asia Pacific |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/world/asia/12india.html?_r=0 |access-date=2014-12-13}}
</ref><ref name=agentorange>
{{cite news |title=Agent Orange |newspaper=Outlook |date=24 November 2008 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Agent-Orange/239012 |access-date=2014-12-14}}
</ref><ref>
[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-meaning-very-clearly-was-dont-get-us-favourable-orders/ The meaning very clearly was, don’t get us favourable orders: Malegaon SPP Rohini Salian], The Indian Express, 13 October 2015.
</ref>
Most of the accused belonged to a Hindutva group called [[Abhinav Bharat]] with prior links to [[Sangh Parivar]] organisations. Karkare's ATS identified, for the first time, Hindutva organisations as being responsible for terrorism in India, and political commentators began to call it [[Hindutva terror]] or [[Saffron terror]].<ref name=Bidwai>
{{cite news |first=Praful |last=Bidwai |title=Saffron Terror |newspaper=Frontline |url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2523/stories/20081121252310100.htm |date=8 November 2008 |access-date=2014-12-10}}
</ref><ref name=EPW>
{{cite journal |author=Editorial |title=Hindutva's Terrorism Links |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |date=15 November 2008 |volume=43 |issue=46 |page=5 |jstor=40278164}}
</ref>

Opposition parties, including the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] and [[Shiv Sena]], and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent radical government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=02fc80de-53d4-4bc7-ac8c-8801ef9632a6&&Headline=Arrests+of+'Hindu+terrorists'+embarasses+BJP |title=Arrests of 'Hindu terrorists' embarasses BJP |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2008-10-28 |access-date=2008-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/im-not-ready-to-believe-that-sadhvi-pragya-thakur-is-a-terrorist/386500/3 |title='I'm not ready to believe that Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is a terrorist' |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2008-11-17 |access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction.<ref>[[Rajdeep Sardesai]], [http://www.hindustantimes.com/columnsothers/voting-with-our-heads/article1-357448.aspx Voting with our heads], Hindustan Times, 12 December 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/malegaon-case-was-there-a-message-from-top-to-rohini-salian-asks-congress-2312796.html Malegaon case: Was there a 'message from top' to Rohini Salian, asks Congress], Firstpost, 25 Jun 2015</ref>
[[Narendra Modi]], then the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.<ref name=EPW/>
Some BJP, [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the [[Sangh Parivar]] and of using illegal detention and torture.<ref name = IE_1127/><ref name = CNN_1129>{{cite news|title = Colleagues: Slain terror chief 'superb,' a 'daredevil'| url = http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.terror.chief/index.html| publisher = [[CNN|CNN.com]]| date = 2008-11-29 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> Thakur was given a clean-chit in the chargesheet presented by NIA in 2016 to the court. And the court dropped charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) put by ATS following which she applied for a bail and the Court granted it. The bail order stated that she is "suffering from breast cancer" and was "infirm and cannot even walk without support". She is currently facing charges of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other Indian Penal Code sections and a trial is ongoing as of April 2019.<ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-she-got-bail-on-health-conditions-malegaon-blast-victim-s-father-moves-nia-court-against-sadhvi-pragya-contesting-2741009 Blast Victim's father moves NIA court against Pragya Contesting]</ref> She contested and won the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal]] seat during the [[2019 Indian general election|Lok Sabha elections of 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pragya-singh-thakur-wins-bhopal-ls-seat-by-over-3-lakh-votes/videoshow/69474052.cms|title=Pragya Singh Thakur wins Bhopal LS seat by over 3 lakh votes|website=India Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:2008 Mumbai terror attacks Karkare's death location.jpg|thumb|right|Location in Mumbai where Karkare was shot.]]
[[File:2008 Mumbai terror attacks flowers at spot of Karkare's death.jpg|right|thumb|Flowers at the spot of Karkare's death after Mumbai terror attacks.]]
[[File:Smt. Kavita Karkare receiving Ashoka Chakra awarded to her husband Shri Hemant Kamalakar Karkare (Posthumous) from the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during the 60th Republic Day Parade-2009, in New Delhi.jpg|right|thumb|Karkare's wife receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pratibha Patil on 26 January 2009.]]

Karkare, along with senior police officials Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, were killed outside the [[Cama Hospital]] after the LeT terrorists Kasab and his partner Ismail opened fire on their police van.<ref name="Tankel2016">{{cite book|author=Stephen Tankel|title=Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-933344-8|page=278}}</ref>

At 9.45 p.m. on 26 November 2008, while having his dinner at his Dadar residence, he received a call about a terrorist attack at [[Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (C.S.T.) station. He switched on the TV for news and left at once with his driver and bodyguards for C.S.T. There he donned a [[bullet-proof vest]] and helmet (shown on news channels live), and went to Platform No.1, but found it deserted. He was then informed that the terrorists had moved to the [[Cama and Albless Hospital]] ("Cama") next to the [[Azad Maidan]] police station.

The operation was difficult as it was dark and the terrorists were well prepared and virtually on a ''[[fidayeen]]'' mission. The officers, with a few constables, went into Cama from the back. A couple of constables were left stationed at the back entrance of Cama, while the rest boarded a Qualis jeep. Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar asked the driver of the Qualis to let him take over at the wheel. About that time, they heard on the wireless that the terrorists were hiding behind a red car.

As they turned from the Crime Branch office towards Rang Bhavan looking for the red car, near the [[Corporation Bank]] ATM, they saw one of the terrorists running. Ashok Kamte, ACP of Mumbai East, or Salaskar – or both – fired, the bullet hitting the terrorist on his arm, his AK-47 fell down. He was Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive later. As they were thinking of getting down, a second terrorist, Ismail Khan appeared and fired a volley of bullets at them. All but one, Assistant Police Inspector Jadhav, died.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Times of India |date=19 December 2008 |url=http://toivideos.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3859454.cms |title=TOI Pieces Together The Last Hours Of Mumbai's Three Police Officers On The Fateful Night Of November 26 |format=video }}</ref>

Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Salaskar and others died in fighting the Mumbai attacks, on 27 November 2008 in a narrow lane between [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]] and Rang Bhavan, just a stone throw away from the Crime Branch office.

''Indian Express'' quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Hemant Karkare, [[Vijay Salaskar]] and [[Ashok Kamte]] when they died.<ref name=IndiaExpress29-11>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/witness-account-of-karkare-kamte-and-salaskars-death/392181/ |title=Witness account of Karkare, Kamte and Salaskar's death |publisher=India Express |date=29 November 2008}}</ref>
The three officers and four constables had received information that [[Sadanand Date]] had been injured in the gunfire at the [[Cama Hospital|Cama and Albless Hospital]] for women and children. Located at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,<ref name=IndiaExpress29-11 /> they took a [[Toyota Qualis]] and proceeded in that direction. Salaskar was driving, Kamte in the passenger seat, Karkare in the second row, and the four constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating. According to Jadhav, five minutes later, two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with [[AK-47]] automatic rifles. The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire. Kamte was the sole officer who managed to retaliate, wounding terrorist Ajmal in the arm.<ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |location=Mumbai |url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/100109-Injured-Ajmal-killed-Ombale-Maria.htm |title=Injured Ajmal killed Ombale: Maria |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=2009-01-10 |access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to [[Metro BIG Cinemas|Metro Cinema]]. Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at the police and press vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices ([[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Bhawan]]) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tires of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were recovered and taken to [[St George Hospital, Mumbai|St George Hospital]].
However the statement that Kasab fired "inside the car" was rejected by the court.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/constable-in-jeep-exaggerated-court/]</ref> The crucial evidence in Karkare's death - the source of bullet fired into his body was absent. The bullets did not match with few of the terrorist's recovered guns which made it impossible to decide who amongst the terrorists killed Hemant Karkare.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-evidence-is-weak-i-didn-t-kill-hemant-karkare-vijay-salaskar-ajmal-kasab-1479035]</ref><ref>[http://twocircles.net/2010jun03/26_11_court_s_observation_karkare_s_death_buried_media.html]</ref><ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/evidence-is-weak-i-didnt-kill-karkare-salaskar-kasab/articleshow/7071757.cms]</ref>
In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Karkare. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death as bullets did not pierce the vest.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230127/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-21/india/28105230_1_bullet-proof-jacket-ashok-kamte-and-inspector-entry-on-shoulder-blade | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 September 2011 | first1=S Ahmed | last1=Ali | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Karkare death not due to faulty jacket | date=21 November 2009}}</ref> Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709090446/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betrayal-and-denial-in-Bombay/Article1-567007.aspx |archive-date=2010-07-09 |title=Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2010-07-03 }}</ref> because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Karkare--s-bullet-proof-vest-misplaced-in-hospital--Police/632616 |title=Karkare's bullet-proof vest misplaced in hospital: Police |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2010-06-11 |access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Bombay High Court]] discarded a pending petition that had claimed that Karkare was not gunned down by terrorists [[Ajmal Kasab]] and Abu Ismail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bombay-high-court-refuses-to-order-probe-into-former-ats-chief-karkares-death/article22541583.ece|title=Bombay High Court refuses to order probe into former ATS chief Karkare's death|date=2018-01-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-20|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

His wife Kavita Karkare, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage on 27 September 2014 and soon slipped into coma. Thereafter she died on 29 September 2014, at age of 57. She lived in [[Hindu colony]], [[Dadar]], and was a professor at the NSS B.Ed college, Tardeo, but left work a few months ago and was suffering from hypertension. The Karkares are survived by their two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web | title = Karkare's wife dies, gives life to others by donating organs|work= Mumbai Mirror | url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Karkares-wife-dies-gives-life-to-others-by-donating-organs/articleshow/43835292.cms |author=Lata Mishra|date= 30 Sep 2014| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare's wife dies of brain haemorrhage |work= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/2611-hero-hemant-karkares-wife-kavita-karkare-dies-of-brain-haemorrhage/article6457824.ece |date=29 September 2014| access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Vijay Salaskar]]
* [[Ashok Kamte]]
* [[Sadanand Date]]

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