Hemant Karkare Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More
Hemant Karkare Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More
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Quick Infoā
Death Date: 27/11/2008
Hometown: Nagpur
Age: 54 Years
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hemant Kamlakar Karkare check sources Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy |
| Profession | The Anti-Terrorist Chief - Police Officer |
| Known as | One of the martyrs of 26/11 Mumbai Attack |
| Civil Services | |
| Service | Indian Police Service (IPS) |
| Batch | 1982 (35RR) |
| Cadre | Maharashtra check sources India Today |
| Major Designation(s) | Hemant Karkare joined the IPS in 1982, and he held many key posts in his 25 years long career. check sources Mint ā¢ Assistant Superintendent of Police in Bhusawal, a city in Northern Maharashtra, in 1984 ā¢ Superintendent of Police in the Naxal-hit Chandrapur district of Maharashtra in 1991 check sources The Indian Express ā¢ Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration), Mumbai ā¢ Chief of Mumbai's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) Note: He also worked with Economic Offence Wing (EOW), Maharashtra check sources Mint and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra. check sources Mint |
| Awards, Honours | ā¢ 26 January 2009: Posthumously given India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration - Ashoka Chakra ā¢ December 1983: The Best Cadet Trophy at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad check sources Rediff ā¢ Received the Presidentās Police Medal for Distinguished Service from then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee check sources Rediff |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 12 December 1954 (Sunday) |
| Birthplace | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh check sources DNA |
| Date of Death | 27 November 2008 |
| Place of Death | Died on the way to hospital after being shot by the terrorists in the 26/11 attacks |
| Age (at the time of death) | 54 Years |
| Death Cause | Gunned down by the terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks check sources News 18 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| School | ā¢ Chittranjan Das Municipal Primary School, Maharashtra ā¢ New English High School, Nagpur |
| College/University | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur check sources Hindustan Times |
| Educational Qualification | Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (1975) check sources Hindustan Times |
| Religion | Hinduism check sources Rediff |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status (at the time of death) | Married |
| Family | |
| Wife/Spouse | Kavita Karkare (deceased)   |
| Children | Son- 1 ā¢ Akash Karkare  Daughter- 2 ā¢ Jui Karkare Navare  ā¢ Sayali Karkare |
| Parents | Father- Kamlakar Karkare (worked as a guard in the Central Railways) check sources DNA Mother- Kumudini Karkare (worked as a teacher at D Dinanath School in Nagpur) check sources DNA |
| Siblings | Brother- 2 (younger) check sources Rediff ā¢ Shirish Karkare (Worked as a manager at the National Insurance Company) check sources The Times of India ā¢ Pravin Karkare  Sister- None |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Hemant Karkare
Hemant Karkare was the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief of Maharashtra who was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.
According to his daughter Jui Karkare Navare, Hemant, as a child, was once so lost in reading books in a library that he got locked in the library; it was Ramkrishna Math Library in Nagpur. check sources Rediff
In an interview, Jui Karkare Navare revealed that her father, Hemant Karkare, loved wood carving. check sources Rediff
Reportedly, Hemant worked at National Productivity Council and Hindustan Lever Limited (now Hindustan Unilever Limited) after completing his graduation in Mechanical Engineering, and later, he decided to appear for the civil services examination. check sources DNA
According to sources, after joining the Indian Police Service in 1982, Hemant Karkare served in the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for nine years check sources India Today during which he was assigned Indian missions in various countries including Vienna and Austria, where he worked as a counsellor for seven years. check sources The Indian Express
In an interview, former Research and Analysis Wing chief AS Dulat revealed that it was Hemant Karkare who, serving as the intelligence commissioner in Mumbai, found a major link that helped track down the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight IC 814.Ā check sources Scroll.in AS Dulat said,
The breakthrough came from Mumbai when one of our officers, working continuously without a break for days, found a major link. He found a man who had worked with the hijackers to fund and execute the plot and that suddenly opened up an intelligence treasure trove for us. The man was our intelligence commissioner in Mumbai, Hemant Karkare.ā check sources Scroll.in
Reportedly, while working with the United Nations on many assignments, Hemant Karkare did a separate six-year-stint at the cabinet secretariat in the Prime Ministerās Office. check sources Mint
Hemant Karkare is remembered for his excellency in solving various cases including the blast cases in Thane, Vashi, and Panvel.
According to Hemantās daughter Jui Karkare Navare, her father got an urgent call around 09:45 pm, while he was having dinner with his family, about the firing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in South Mumbai. check sources Rediff According to the sources, when Karkare reached the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, he found platform number 01 empty. Reportedly, the targets of the 26/11 attacks included Chabad House, Rang Bhavan Lane near Cama Hospital, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Cafe Leopold, etc. check sources India Today
An Indian paramilitary soldier outside the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on 26-11-2008
After learning about the situation near the Cama & Albless Hospital, Hemant, along with two officers ā Additional Commissioner of Mumbai police Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist inspector Vijay Salaskar ā and a constable, headed towards the location. Reportedly, Hemant ā wearing a bulletproof jacket that could only resist 9 mm bullets and a service pistol ā check sources Rediff Ā asked for reinforcements till around forty minutes but didnāt get them. check sources NDTV As per some reports, Karkare, Ashok Kamte, and Vijay Salaskar were gunned down by one of the terrorists near the Cama & Albless Hospital; however, some sources claim that Karkare and others were shot dead by Ajmal Kasab with his AK-47.
Flowers and wreaths at the spot where Hemant Karkare, along with others, was shot
Reportedly, Hemantās last words were at 11:28 pm on 26 November 2008, instructing to control the situation near CamaĀ Hospital and requesting to send the army to the place for backup. Hemantās last words were,
ATS and QRT teams are here at the rear gate of the hospital, and so is the crime branch team. Therefore, we need a team from the front side. We need to ENCIRCLE the Cama and surround it.ā check sources The Indian Express
Reportedly, Sadhvi Pragya ā one of the key accused of the Malegaon blasts case ā delivered a controversial statement on Karkareās death, calling it a result of his bad deeds (karma). While talking about Karkareās death in an interview, Sadhvi Pragya said,
Hemant Karkare falsely implicated me [in Malegaon blasts] and treated me very badly. I told him your entire dynasty will be erased. He died of his karma.ā check sources India Today
In memory of her father, Hemant Karkare, Jui Karkare Navare wrote a memoir titled āHemant Karkare ā A Daughterās Memoirā (2019). check sources Rediff
Jui Navare Karkare holding the āHemant Karkare ā A Daughterās Memoirā
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