Indian Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Vijay Salaskar, Mohan Chand Sharma, Kamlesh Kumari, Randhir Prasad Verma

Chapters: Vijay Salaskar, Mohan Chand Sharma, Kamlesh Kumari, Randhir Prasad Verma. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vijay Salaskar, M.Com., (Marathi: ) was a Senior Police Inspector and encounter specialist serving with the Mumbai police. He is widely credited with killing 7580 criminals in encounters most of these were members of the Arun Gawli gang. Salaskar was killed while fighting terrorists in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Captured terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab claimed responsibility for the killing. Before his death Salaskar was head of the Anti-Extortion Cell, Mumbai. His patriotism and bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra on 26 January 2009. Salaskar was a post-graduate in Commerce from Mumbai University. He joined Mumbai police as a sub inspector in 1983. India Today reports Salaskar's first lethal encounter occurred during his first year of appointment, when he shot dead Raja Shahabuddin, known to police on several counts. Salaskar, who was reportedly sidelined for the last two years for unearthing the gutka-underworld nexus, was recently attached to the crime branch, where he headed the anti-extortion cell. An officer of the 1983 batch, Salaskar in his 24 years of service had eliminated many criminals. Amar Naik, Jaggu Shetty, Sadhu Shetty, Kundan Singh Rawat, Zahoor Makhanda are some of the gangsters who have fallen to Salaskars bullets. According to sources, the police officer had once even gone hunting for former don Arun Gawli. But Gawli fled from the scene, forcing Salaskar to return empty-handed. However, Salaskar got even by killing his two trusted men, Sada Pawle and Vijay Tandel, in 1997, triggering allegations that the encounters were fake. After this, Gawli was so scared that during the 2005 elections, he compla...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2041909