HEMANT KARKARE A PROFILE

Hemant Karkare (Marathi: हेमंत करकरे) (12 December 1954 – 26 November 2008) was the chief of the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad. He was killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks after being hit in his chest by three bullets fired by terrorists.^[1]

Karkare was a 1982 batch IPS officer (see 1982 photo as fresh recruit^[2]) and also held a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. As an ATS Chief, he was involved in the Malegaon blast probe and Naxalite-infested Chandrapur district of Maharashtra.Before joining the IPS Mr.Hemant Karkare worked for Hindustan Leaver.He also served as ADDL. COM of Police (Administration).

Karkare had solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel and was also credited for the revelations in the investigation of the September 29 blast in Malegaon.[1] In January 2008, he was named the head of the ATS after returning to the state cadre. He was credited for helping to uncover the revelations of the involvement of certain right wing parties ^[3] that came about in the investigation of the September 29th blast in Malegaon in which three bombs exploded in Gujarat and Maharashtra of India, killing eight people and injuring 80 (two bombs were detonated in Malegaon, Maharashtra, killing seven). The BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Narendra Modi were critical of the the findings by Karkare^[3] which alleged terror activities by "Saffron Brigade"^{[4] [5]}. Karkare's wife, Kavita Karkare, refused to accept the monetary compensation announced by Narendra Modi^[5][4]

He also worked in the R.A.W -- the India's external intelligence agency -- in Austria for seven years in a secret mission.He was one of the mastermind of cracking the IC879 hijacking case.