ATS chief, Hemant Karkare killed in gun battle

Mumbai, Nov 27: Atlast, the life threat for ATS chief, Hemant Karkare, Maharashta Police"s Anti-Terrorism Squad chief, did not turn out to be hoax. He was among the 11 police officials who were killed while fighting terrorists in Mumbai on Thursday, Nov 27.

Karkare, 54, was killed in a shootout with terrorists at the Taj Intercontinental Hotel where terrorists have taken at least 15 people hostage. Additional commissioner Ashok Kamte and 'encounter specialist" Vijay Saluskar were killed in a shootout with terrorists at Metro Cinema. Karkare, a 1982 batch IPS officer, had returned to his state cadre after a seven-year tenure with the Research and Analysis Wing, Indian external intelligence agency, in Austria. His death is likely to affect the probe into the Malegaon blast.

IPS oficer Sadanand Date was killed in a separate gun battle. There were seven other police officials among the at least 78 killed in the coordinated terror attacks late on Wednesday, Nov 26.

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