Ashok Kamte
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Ashok Kamte (died November 26, 2008) was the Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police for the East Region. He was killed while fighting terrorists during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.[1]
Personal Background
Kamte studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, St. Xavier's College, Bombay, the Kodaikanal International School, class of 1982, and the Raj Kumar College in Rajkot. An accomplished athlete, he represented India at the junior power-lifting championship in Peru in 1978.
Kamte is survived by his wife, two sons (13 years and 8 years) and his father.
Assignments in Police Career
An Indian Police Service officer of the 1989 batch of the Maharashtra Cadre, Kamte also served as the Commissioner of Police of Solapur, as the Superintendent of Police of Sangli district from August 2002 to July 2004, as the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Mumbai Police for the South Region's Zone 1 until August 2002, and earlier on deputation to the United Nations International Police Task Force [2] in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Mumbai Police and Solapur are commissionerates and Sangli is a district of the Maharashtra Police in India.[3]
Functioning Style in Police Career
In his police career, Kamte earned a substantial following of ordinary citizens[4] [5] as he took on hardened criminals a well as politicians with criminal background.
Shortly after his taking over the Sangli police department, notorious criminal Raju Pujari was killed in a police encounter.
During Mumbai's occasional communal violence between Hindus and Muslims, the areas under his supervision remained largely free of riots. He was known to be a secular officer and equally loved and respected by both communities.
Kamte came into media limelight after an August 2007 incident in Solapur when he arrested Ravikant Patil, a three-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from Indi in neighboring Karnataka. Patil and his supporters were bursting crackers late in the night at the residence of Patil's brother Ravikant, a Shiv Sena leader. They caused a scuffle when police tried to enforce the law against bursting of crackers late in the night. Kamte sustained hand injuries in the process of arresting Patil. Patil suffered multiple wounds [6]. The incident created an uproar in political circles but the people of Solapur supported Kamte. Kamte told the Times of India: "Law is equal for all and nobody has the right to violate it".
"He was a daredevil officer who had gained popularity matching [that of] a Bollywood hero. He himself was on the roads maintaining peace after the Khairlanji massacre. While other cities in the state witnessed violence, Solapur remained claim", said Anand Salunkhe, former member of Solapur Municipal Transport.
See also
References
- ^ "Three top cops die on duty-Mumbai-Cities-The Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ http://www.nato.int/SFOR/partners/iptf/iptf.htm
- ^ http://mahapolice.gov.in/
- ^ "Tribute to Ashok Kamte". blogger.com. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Kamte_broke_a_hundred_bones_but_was_loved_for_it/articleshow/3771507.cms
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Ashok_Kamte_played_tough_with_MLA_as_well/articleshow/3770756.cms
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