Ashok Kamte

Ashok Kamte (February 23, 1965 - 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]

An Indian Police Service officer of the 1989 batch of the Maharashtra Cadre

Service Record
1989 - Joined state as an Indian Police Service officer
1991 - Posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police in Bhandara
1994 - Superintendent of Police, Satara
1997 - 99 - Superintendent of Police, Thane rural
1999 - 2000: U N Mission, Bosnia
2000 - 2002: DCP, zone-1 Mumbai
2002 - 2004: Superintendent of Police, Sangli
2004 - 2005: Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur
2006 - 2008: Commissioner of Police, Solapur
June 2008 - Nov 2008: Additional Commissioner of Police, East zone, Mumbai

Service Medals
1995 - Special service medal anti-naxalite operations
1999 - UN medal
1999 - Videsh seva medal for UN service
2004 - Awarded DG's insignia
2005 - Antarik Suraksha Padak for anti-naxalite operations
2006 - Police medal

Ashok Kamte was killed in action by terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, on 26 November, 2008.

India Express quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and Hemant Karkare when they died.^[5] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been injured in the gunfire at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Currently located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,^[5] they took a Toyota Qualis and proceeded in that direction. Kamte was in the passenger seat, Salaskar driving, Karkare in the second row, and the four Constables, including Jadhav, were in the back row of seating.^[5] According to Jadhav, five minutes later two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with AK-47 automatic rifles.^[5] The six policemen, other than Jadhav, were all killed quickly in the gunfire.^[5] The wounded Jadhav had no opportunity to render assistance. The two terrorists approached the vehicle, dumped the bodies of the three officers on the road and, leaving the constables for dead, proceeded to Metro Junction.^[5] Upon arrival, they aimed three bursts of automatic fire at police and journalist vehicles drawn up at that location, then drove off towards the government offices (Vidhan Bhawan) in South Mumbai. Here again they fired several times. While attempting to leave the area, one of the tyres of the vehicle burst, so the terrorists departed to obtain another. At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. The bodies of the dead were promptly recovered and taken to St George Hospital.

The body of Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte, was cremated with State honours at the Vaikunth cremotorium on November 27, 2008. A large number of high-ranking police officers participated in the funeral procession, including: Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police Rajendra Sonawane and district collector Chandrakant Dalvi. Around 3,000 people were present.