Top officers among 10 policemen killed in Mumbai

National, Thu, 27 Nov 2008 IANS

Top police officials, including Mumbai Police Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, were among the 10 policemen killed as security forces took on terrorists here in the early hours of Thursday, authorities said.

Indian Police Service (IPS) officers - additional police commissioners Ashok Kamte Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' Vijay Salaskar were also shot dead in another gun battle.

While additional commissioner of police, Mumbai, Sadanand Date, and deputy commissioner of police, Mumbai, Vishwas Nangre-Patil were critically injured in the gun shot.

Karkare was heading investigations into several recent cases of terrorist attacks here. There were six other police officials among the at least 80 killed in the coordinated terror attacks late Wednesday night.



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