Additional Commissioner Hemant Karkare, Ashoka Chakra — Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad

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Hemant Karkare, AC

Additional Commissioner · Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad

Ashoka Chakra
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Date of Birth

12 December 1954

Balidan Diwas

26 November 2008

Place of Supreme Sacrifice

Near Cama Hospital, Mumbai

State of Origin

Nagpur, Maharashtra

Unit / Regiment

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad

Operation

2008 Mumbai attacks

Biography

Hemant Karkare was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad. He was martyred in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra.

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