Hemant Karkare
The Anti-Terrorist Chief - Police Officer

Indian Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Quick Info

Profession	The Anti-Terrorist Chief - Police Officer
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	12/12/1954
Age	53 years (died on 26, Nov, 2008)
Birthplace	Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Date of Death	26/11/2008

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Bio/Wiki

Full name	Hemant Kamlakar Karkare

Educational Qualification(s)

Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (1975)

Personal Life

Religion	Hinduism

Relationships & More

Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married

Family

Father

Kamlakar Karkare (worked as a guard in the Central Railways)

Mother

Kumudini Karkare (worked as a teacher at D Dinanath School in Nagpur)

Siblings

Brother	2 (younger)
Sister	None

Spouse

Kavita Karkare (deceased)

Children

Son	Akash Karkare
Daughter	Jui Karkare Navare Sayali Karkare

Career

Service	Indian Police Service (IPS)
Batch	1982 (35RR)
Cadre	Maharashtra
Major Designation(s)	Assistant Superintendent of Police in Bhusawal, a city in Northern Maharashtra, in 1984 Superintendent of Police in the Naxal-hit Chandrapur district of Maharashtra in 1991 Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration), Mumbai Chief of Mumbai's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS)
Awards, Honours	26 January 2009: Posthumously given India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration - Ashoka Chakra December 1983: The Best Cadet Trophy at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad Received the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service from then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Hemant Karkare was the ATS Chief of Maharashtra who lost his life in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
2. As a child, Hemant once got locked in a library while engrossed in reading books at the Ramkrishna Math Library in Nagpur.
3. Hemant Karkare had a passion for wood carving, as shared by his daughter Jui Karkare Navare.
4. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering, Hemant worked at National Productivity Council and later pursued the civil services examination.
5. Hemant Karkare spent nine years in Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and served in Indian missions abroad before joining the Indian Police Service in 1982.
6. Former RAW chief AS Dulat mentioned that Hemant Karkare's intelligence work in Mumbai helped track down the hijackers of Indian Airlines flight IC 814.
7. Apart from his police duties, Hemant Karkare also served the United Nations and spent six years in the Prime Minister's Office.
8. Hemant Karkare is known for his successful handling of blast cases in Thane, Vashi, and Panvel.
9. During dinner with his family, Hemant received a call about the gunfire at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in South Mumbai on the tragic night.
10. Upon reaching the station, Hemant found an empty platform and realized the extent of the coordinated attacks in Mumbai.
11. Accompanied by two officers and a constable, Hemant headed towards the site near Cama & Albless Hospital, seeking reinforcements he didn't receive.
12. Hemant Karkare, along with Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar, was either gunned down by terrorists or shot dead by Ajmal Kasab near the hospital.
13. Hemant's final communication at 11:28 pm urged for military backup near Cama Hospital to contain the situation after his demise.
14. Sadhvi Pragya controversially linked Karkare's death to his deeds in an interview, mentioning her negative experience with him related to the Malegaon blasts case.
15. Jui Karkare Navare honored her father's memory by writing a memoir titled ‘Hemant Karkare – A Daughter’s Memoir’ in 2019.

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