Tukaram Omble
AC ( 1954 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian police officer and a former member of Indian army who served as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the
Mumbai Police
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. He was killed in action during the
2008 Mumbai attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11, pronounced "twenty six eleven") were a series of Terrorism, terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from P ...
, at
Girgaum Chowpatty
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in Mumbai. The Indian government posthumously honoured Omble on 26 January 2009 with the
Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military award.
Biography
Omble joined the Mumbai police as a constable in 1991 after retiring from the
Indian Army's Signal Corps as a
naik. He was an ASI in the Mumbai Police. On 26 November he and his team were guarding a checkpoint when they were approached by two pakistani terrorist in a hijacked vehicle. After an initial shootout, one of the terrorists died inside the vehicle. The other terrorist,
Ajmal Kasab, exited the vehicle and feigned surrender. As an unarmed Omble approached him, Kasab got up and opened fire. Omble stood in front of him and held on to the barrel of Kasab's rifle, which prevented the bullets from injuring anyone else apart from Omble, who died due to this action. Kasab was subsequently apprehended by the rest of Omble's team.
The Government of India later awarded Omble with the Ashoka Chakra in recognition of his actions in helping to apprehend Kasab.
Awards and honours
* The
Ashoka Chakra.
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CNN Indian of the Year award under the category of 'Extraordinary Service to the Nation'.
A
jumping spider species from the
Maharashtra
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region was named after him in June 2021.
See also
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Hemant Karkare
Hemant Karkare AC () (12 December 1954 – 27 November 2008) was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In 2009, he was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest p ...
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Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an Indian Army officer, who was serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards on deputation. He was Martyred in action during the November 2008 Mumbai ...
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Vijay Salaskar
Vijay Salaskar, AC (24 February 1957 – 26 November 2008) was an Indian police inspector and encounter specialist with the Mumbai police. He was widely credited with killing 75–80 criminals in encounters – most of these were members of t ...
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Ashok Kamte
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Havaldar Gajender Singh
Gajender Singh Bisht (1 July 1972 – 28 November 2008) was an NSG commando and Havildar ( Sergeant) who was killed during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. His act of bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra award by the President of India on 26&nb ...
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Sadanand Date
References
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2008 deaths
Deaths by firearm in India
Terrorism victims in India
Police officers from Mumbai
Indian police officers killed in the line of duty
Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)
Marathi people
Year of birth missing
Ashoka Chakra