Mumbai/Bangalore: Bangalore bid a tearful farewell to National Security Guard commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan while in Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare has been cremated.
Major Unnikrishnan was martyred on Friday morning while trying to save one of his colleagues at the Taj.
The 31-year-old Major, born on March 15, 1977 and the only son of retired ISRO officer K Unnikrishnan, joined the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the 7th Battalion of Bihar Regiment in 1999.
Major Unnikrishnan was with the 51 Special Action Group of the NSG.
The officer had joined the NSG on deputation in January 2007 after having served two tenures with his battalion in counter insurgency and counter terrorism roles.
He led a commando team to clear Taj Hotel on November 27. The operation was code named Operation Cyclone.
When one of the commando of his team was injured, Major Unnikrishnan went in to evacuate him and spotted one of the terrorists.
Major Unnikrishnan engaged the terrorist in a gunbattle and had overpowered him but another terrorist who was hiding in the room fired at him seriously injuring the brave officer. Major Unnikrishnan succumbed to his injuries soon.
Another NSG commando Havaldar Gajendra Singh was killed during the operations at the Jewish centre, Nariman House.
The operation at Nariman House was code named Black Tornado.
Karkare was killed along with two other top policemen, Additional Commissioner of police Ashok Kamte and police inspector Vijay Salaskar at Cama Hospital near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal when they came under fire from terrorists on Wednesday night
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