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Blow to cops this year
Ashwini Shrivastava
New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Police personnel of the
national capital Delhi and the country's financial hub Mumbai
have dealt with a severe blow this year, losing five of their
finest officers, including four who laid their lives battling
terrorists.
Delhi police officers Rajbir Singh and Mohan Chand Sharma
and Mumbai policemen Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok
Kamte were shot dead in separate incidents in the two cities
this year.
The first blow came to Delhi Police (DP) after one of
their most trusted encounter specialists, Rajbir Singh, was
allegedly shot dead by a property dealer in Gurgaon in March
this year.
Singh, 48, an ACP in DP's Special Operations Squad, was
shot twice in the head allegedly by a realtor, Vijay Bhardwaj,
over a property dispute.
Rajbir Singh, who had joined DP as a sub-inspector in
1982, had 56 encounter credited to him, including the
controversial Ansal Plaza operation in 2002 in which two
terrorists were killed.
After Singh, DP's Special Cell Inspector, Mohan Chand
Sharma, 44, died in a shootout with terrorists in South Delhi
on September 19.
He had joined the police force as a sub-inspector in 1989
and soon proved his worth in it. He was given an out-of-turn
promotion and made an inspector in 1995.
Both -- Singh and Sharma -- were part of the 'Dirty Harry
squad' of the Delhi police involved in several 'encounter
killings' and shootouts.
Sharma had won six gallantry awards and neutralised 35
terrorists.
However, the most deadly blow came to Mumbai police as
its three police officers -- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief
Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and
additional police commissioner Ashok Kamte -- died in
Wednesday's terror attacks.
Karkare, an IPS officer of the 1982 batch, had served in
RAW for nine years and was made the ATS chief in January this
year.
ATS under the leadership of Karkare made stunning
revelations in the investigation of the September 29 blast in
Malegaon.
Vijay Salaskar, an officer of the 1983 batch, had killed
around 75 dreaded criminals in police encounters. After being
out of the spotlight for quite sometime, the encounter
specialist was given the plum posting of heading the
anti-extortion wing of the crime branch.
ACP Kamte was a key officer in the state police. He had
also served as the commissioner of Solapur and was always
known to be in the thick of action.
Other states' police also lost their personnel in various
operations. Even the elite National Security Guards' commandos
were also killed during anti-militants operation in Mumbai.
PTI AKV
PMR
New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) Police personnel of the
national capital Delhi and the country's financial hub Mumbai
have dealt with a severe blow this year, losing five of their
finest officers, including four who laid their lives battling
terrorists.
Delhi police officers Rajbir Singh and Mohan Chand Sharma
and Mumbai policemen Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok
Kamte were shot dead in separate incidents in the two cities
this year.
The first blow came to Delhi Police (DP) after one of
their most trusted encounter specialists, Rajbir Singh, was
allegedly shot dead by a property dealer in Gurgaon in March
this year.
Singh, 48, an ACP in DP's Special Operations Squad, was
shot twice in the head allegedly by a realtor, Vijay Bhardwaj,
over a property dispute.
Rajbir Singh, who had joined DP as a sub-inspector in
1982, had 56 encounter credited to him, including the
controversial Ansal Plaza operation in 2002 in which two
terrorists were killed.
After Singh, DP's Special Cell Inspector, Mohan Chand
Sharma, 44, died in a shootout with terrorists in South Delhi
on September 19.
He had joined the police force as a sub-inspector in 1989
and soon proved his worth in it. He was given an out-of-turn
promotion and made an inspector in 1995.
Both -- Singh and Sharma -- were part of the 'Dirty Harry
squad' of the Delhi police involved in several 'encounter
killings' and shootouts.
Sharma had won six gallantry awards and neutralised 35
terrorists.
However, the most deadly blow came to Mumbai police as
its three police officers -- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief
Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and
additional police commissioner Ashok Kamte -- died in
Wednesday's terror attacks.
Karkare, an IPS officer of the 1982 batch, had served in
RAW for nine years and was made the ATS chief in January this
year.
ATS under the leadership of Karkare made stunning
revelations in the investigation of the September 29 blast in
Malegaon.
Vijay Salaskar, an officer of the 1983 batch, had killed
around 75 dreaded criminals in police encounters. After being
out of the spotlight for quite sometime, the encounter
specialist was given the plum posting of heading the
anti-extortion wing of the crime branch.
ACP Kamte was a key officer in the state police. He had
also served as the commissioner of Solapur and was always
known to be in the thick of action.
Other states' police also lost their personnel in various
operations. Even the elite National Security Guards' commandos
were also killed during anti-militants operation in Mumbai.
PTI AKV
PMR
