Hemant Karkare Colleague

A former colleague of Hemant Karkare, the police officer who investigated the 2008 Malegaon blasts, has decided to contest the elections against Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal, an accused in the case, saying he was "hurt" by her comments on his former boss.

When BJP politician Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur kicked up a storm today by claiming that Maharashtra police officer Hemant Karkare died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks because she had "cursed" him, criticism poured in from all quarters. While party colleague Shahnawaz Hussain condemned the manner in which questions were being rai...

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 25, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail at 7:30 this morning. It was a swift and secret execution, just two weeks after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who said it was all in a day's work, tol...

A former colleague of Hemant Karkare, the police officer who investigated the 2008 Malegaon blasts, has decided to contest the elections against Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal, an accused in the case, saying he was "hurt" by her comments on his former boss.

When BJP politician Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur kicked up a storm today by claiming that Maharashtra police officer Hemant Karkare died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks because she had "cursed" him, criticism poured in from all quarters. While party colleague Shahnawaz Hussain condemned the manner in which questions were being rai...

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 25, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune's Yerwada Jail at 7:30 this morning. It was a swift and secret execution, just two weeks after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who said it was all in a day's work, tol...