The Book claims that 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 killing 37 persons and injuring.

Hemant Karkare Born 12 December 1954,, Died 26 November 2008 ( 2008-11-26) (aged 53),, Relatives grandson of [ ] Awards Police career Department Country Allegiance Years of service 1982–2008 Rank Hemant Karkare ( ()) (12 December 1954 – 27 November 2008) was the chief of the (ATS). He was killed in action during the after being shot three times in the chest. His bravery was honoured with the on 26 January 2009.

Karkare succeeded as the Chief of ATS in January 2008 and was eventually succeeded by Raghuvanshi after he was killed on 26 November 2008. He was credited with solving the serial bombing cases in, and, and led the investigation of the. Contents • • • • • • • 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 degree in Mechanical Engineering from, in 1975. After graduation he worked for the National Productivity Council of the Government of India and then (now called Hindustan Unilever Ltd.), India's largest company. He joined the (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. He served seven years in Austria in the (RAW), India's external intelligence agency. According to former senior Mumbai Police officer Y.C.

Karkare was regarded as very influential officer in police circles. Malegaon investigation [ ] On 8 September 2006, a series of took place in,.

The police arrested Muslims alone for these `Malegaon blasts', despite the fact that the victims were all Muslims and the bicycles on which the bombs were placed bore Hindu names. On 29 September 2008, three bombs exploded in, and, killing eight persons, and injuring 80. Several unexploded bombs were found in, Gujarat.

Hemant Karkare, as the chief of the state Anti-Terror Squad, led the investigation into the. In late October 2008, the ATS arrested eleven suspects, all Hindu, including a former student leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Swami Amritananda alias Dayanand Pandey, a retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay and a serving Army officer Lt. Prasad Shrikant Purohit. Most of the accused belonged to a radical Hindutva group called with prior links to 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. Opposition parties, including the and, and Hindu organizations alleged that the arrests were made under the pressure of the incumbent government, in an attempt to appease India's Muslim population. These parties called him 'a traitor to the nation' for his investigation in this direction., then the Chief Minister of, accused the ATS of undermining the military morale.

Some BJP, (RSS) and (VHP) leaders accused the ATS of being used as a tool to attack the and of using illegal detention and torture. Death [ ] 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 (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 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') next to the police station. The operation was difficult as it was dark and the terrorists were well prepared and virtually on a 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 ATM, they saw a terrorist 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.

Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Salaskar and others died in fighting the Mumbai attacks, on 27 November 2008 in a narrow lane between 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, and when they died. The three officers and four constables had received information that had been injured in the gunfire at the for women and children. Located at (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital, they took a 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 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. 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. 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 () 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. In an investigation, Headline Today, an Indian news agency, found that a substandard bulletproof jacket had been issued to Mr. Though, according to the post mortem report, the quality of the vest was not a factor in his death. Concerns in the media about the quality of the vest continue because the vest itself was, according to Indian authorities, misplaced in the hospital. Research conducted by the Terrorism & Security Studies Department of GreatGameIndia Magazine has revealed the involvement of foreign geopolitical players in the death of Hemant Karkare along with the role of terrorism related to the diamond business.

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,, 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, Jui Navare and Sayalee, and son, Aakash. Controversies [ ] Hindu monk Sadhvi Pragya, who was accused of being involved in Malegaon Blast case and imprisoned for eight years before being given bail by Mumbai High Court has accused Hemant Karakare of torturing her by forcing meat in her mouth, snatching her religious paraphernalia and breaking her legs. See also [ ] This article contains. Without proper, you may see, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text.

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