ATS chief Hemant Karkare gets state funeral

A large number of people turned out to pay their last respects to Maharahstra's slain Anti-Terrorism Sqaud (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, whose body was taken in a procession from his residence in Dadar to the crematorium in Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai.

Besides several top police officials like Hassan Gafoor, Rakesh Maria and K L Prasad, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, his deputy R R Patil, Ministers Chhagan Bhujbal and Harshvardhan Patil paid homage to Karkare.

Karkare, who is being given a state funeral, was shot dead by terrorists along with encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte near Cama Hospital.

 

Karkare, a 1982 batch IPS officer, did stints at Nanded, Akola, Thane and Bhiwandi and Mumbai.

Before taking the post of ATS chief, Karkare worked with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for sometime.