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Hemant Karkare, AC
Additional Commissioner · Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad
Ashoka Chakra
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.
Sources
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