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[It is quite possible that Hemant Karkare was driven to take a risk, which would many consider as imprudent, under the severe psychological pressure caused by the serious allegations hurled by the Saffron Brigade in order to prove himself once again. But alas! They have even given a call for "Maharashtra Bandh" on the coming December 1. Maybe, they'll still stick to it with a slightly(!) modified agenda - to pay homage to Karkare.] I/II. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Parivar_doublespeak_Villain_in_life_hero_in_death/articleshow/3771089.cms *Parivar doublespeak: Villain in life, hero in death *29 Nov 2008, 0102 hrs IST, ET Bureau MUMBAI: The heroic death of Maharashtra's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare in counter-terror operations has left the BJP-Shiv Sena combine with egg on its face. On Friday, Narendra Modi, BJP's poster-boy chief minister and Hindutva mascot, paid lofty tributes to Karkare and other senior cops who lost their lives in the counter attack. But before his death on duty, Mr Karkare and his colleagues at the ATS were at the receiving end of almost a slanderous attack not only by BJP and Shiv Sena leaders, but also by several Sangh Parivar organisations for the ongoing ATS probe into the Malegaon blasts. In fact, Mr Modi himself had attacked the ATS for the "biased" probe into the Malegaon blasts. So much so that the BJP and Sangh Parivar organisations had personally blamed Karkare for what they claimed "implicating the Hindu religious leaders and outfits" in the probe. But the two parties are now singing eulogies to the valour demonstrated by the departed ATS chief. Ironically, the Shiv Sena had even called a Maharashtra bandh on December 1 to protest against the ATS probe and express solidarity with the accused — Sadhvi Pragya Singh and lieutenant colonel Shrikant Purohit — for their involvement in the Malegaon blasts. "It is supreme irony that the same BJP is now paying tributes to Karkare and is talking of helping his family," union minister of state for home Shriprakash Jaiswal said on Friday. But the double-speak demonstrated by the BJP and Shiv Sena could be more dangerous for the combine than a mere political embarrassment. Mr Jaiswal said the agencies probing the terror attack in Mumbai would also look into the fact that Mr Karkare was on "target by some people who had opposed his probe for about 15 days before November 26."* * II. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/13376-top-cop-takes-three-bullets-to-the-chest Top cop takes three bullets to the chest MUMBAI, Nov 28 - Maharashtra's anti-terror police chief Hemant Karkare visited India's best known police officer Julio Ribeiro on Tuesday for advice on how to deal with the political pressures of his job. Never flinch from duty, the older man advised. Less than 36 hours later, Karkare, 54, died doing just that. The soft-spoken, genial father of three was gunned down, receiving three bullets in the chest according to initial reports, while trying to storm Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel, where suspected Islamist militants had taken scores of people hostage. Two other senior police officers, deputy commissioner Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were also killed. As shocked friends and associates shared memories of Karkare with The Straits Times yesterday, several common threads emerged. Here was a top cop who honoured duty above all, who dug deep to get to the truth behind crimes, however inconvenient it might have been and - despite his 16-hour work days - found time to attend community gatherings. His last few weeks, however, were fraught with tension. A Hindu nun arrested in connection with a recent bomb blast had alleged that she was tortured in custody. This, in turn, had prompted Karkare's department to be censured by India's opposition chief L. K. Advani, whose Bharatiya Janata Party has a large Hindu vote bank. The blast, which occurred in the town of Malegaon on Sept 29, killed six people. Under pressure to prove that the Malegaon arrest was not a "conspiracy to malign Hindus" as one hardline Hindu party had dubbed it, Karkare visited his former colleague and hero Ribeiro on Tuesday to discuss all the evidence he had collected against the accused. He was hurt by the allegations, said Ribeiro, 79, who is credited with rooting out terrorism in Punjab as its Director General of Police in the 1980s. "I told him even the Hindu scriptures demand that everyone should do his duty," the retired top cop said. "Never flinch, never wilt." The former cop, who received an important government honour for his service, paid rich tribute to his younger colleague. "He was one of the best officers we had. Honest, level-headed and devoted to duty." Karkare's devotion to duty extended far beyond his formal role as a police officer, say friends and associates. As deputy commissioner of the Mumbai police's narcotics branch, for instance, he roped in non-government organisations to conduct anti-drug education programmes in schools. "He did not only want to catch the drug lords. He also wanted to keep our children drug-free," said NGO executive Milind Kokje, 49, who met his long-time friend just last Saturday. As the embattled state's counter-terrorism chief, Karkare also made efforts to get to know members of the Muslim community. Islamist militants targeted Mumbai in two large bomb attacks in 1993 and 2006, killing nearly 500 people. "He would attend community meetings to listen to the grievances of the Muslim community," said Mateen Hafiz, 29, principal correspondent of The Times of India, who has spent the past five years covering terrorism in Mumbai. At such meetings, he would often exhort the youth to study hard and get good jobs, including in the police force. An engineer who joined the police force in 1982 because of a "desire to serve people", Karkare had spent the past seven years in Austria as an officer with India's external intelligence wing. Familiar with international counter-terrorist operations, he returned to Mumbai in January this year. Even as he worked overtime to solve the Malegaon case, Karkare appeared stressed and had been receiving death threats, said architect Anant Gadgil, who has known Karkare for more than 20 years and met him over the weekend. "He said he simply wanted to do a sincere job." Yesterday afternoon, the late officer's shocked family had yet to be told the details of exactly how he died, said Gadgil. Karkare has three grown-up children and his wife Kavita teaches at a Mumbai college. "He need not have led the charge. But he was a daredevil," said Gadgil, his voice breaking. Officers like Ribeiro, however, say Karkare was simply leading by example. 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