Ashok Kamte

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Additional Commissioner of Police
Awards Ashoka Chakra

Ashok Kamte

Additional Commissioner of the Mumbai Police supervising the Eastern region. He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[1] He was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra on 26 January 2009.[2]

Personal background

The son of

Imperial Police in 1923, eventually serving as the first Indian Inspector-General (Director-General) of the Maharashtra Police from 1947 to 1955.[3]

Kamte's schooling consisted of The Rajkumar College, Rajkot, and then the Kodaikanal International School for five years. He was an international scholarship recipient at Camp Rising Sun in 1980 and subsequently graduated with the Class of 1982.

He completed his bachelor's degree from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, graduating in 1985 and a post-graduate degree in Arts from the St. Stephen's College, Delhi, 1985–87.

An accomplished athlete, he represented India at the junior power-lifting championship in Peru in 1978.

Ashok Kamte was survived by his wife Vinita, their two sons Rahul and Arjun, and by his father, mother, and sister, Sharmila.[citation needed]

His wife subsequently co-authored a biography of her husband.[4]

Death

Kamte’s widow Vinita receiving the Ashoka Chakra on behalf of Kamte from President Pratibha Patil on 26 January 2009

Ashok Kamte was killed in action by terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, on 26 November 2008 in a narrow lane between St. Xavier's College and the Rang Bhavan opposite Corporation Bank ATM just a stone away from Crime Branch office.

Kamte was well known for his cool temperament and negotiation skills; during the attacks he offered his assistance due to being Additional Commissioner of the East zone; an area not under attack. When he reached CST area, upon arriving at Azad Maidan Police Station (AMPS) he met with ATS Chief Hemant Karkare and other police officers; they took a Police Toyota Qualis in pursuit of the reported terrorists with Kamte armed with an

ballistic vest.[citation needed
]

India Express quotes statements by API Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and Hemant Karkare when they died.[5] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been injured in the gunfire at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Currently located at

Vidhan Bhawan) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tyres of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were promptly recovered and taken to St George Hospital
.

Kamte was cremated with state honours at the Vaikunth crematorium on 27 November 2008.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Three top cops were martyred on duty". The Times of India. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  2. IBNLive. 24 January 2009. Archived from the original
    on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Lt Col (retired) Marutirao Kamte passes away". Sakaal Times. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ Admin, Super (25 November 2009). "Ashok Kamate Book | Widow Wife Vinita | To The Last Bullet | 26/11 Mumbai Attacks | RTI Act". Oneindia.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Witness Account of Karkare, Kampte and Salaskar's Death". The Indian Express. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Injured Ajmal killed Ombale: Maria". Mid-Day. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

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