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Vijay Salaskar, AC (5 April 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 the Arun Gawli gang. [2]
Vijay Salaskar (1957-2008) was an Indian police officer and encounter specialist who killed many criminals from the underworld gangs of Mumbai. He also revealed the gutka-underworld nexus. He died fighting the terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Wiki/Biography. Family.
Mar 23, 2024 · Sada Pawla alias Sada Mama, gangster Arun Gawli’s sidekick on whom Satya’s Kallu Mama was loosely based, had been gunned down by Vijay Salaskar, an ‘encounter specialist’ with the Mumbai Police, in Ghatkopar in 1997.
Nov 24, 2018 · The world may have immortalised encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar as a brave martyr who laid down his life, fighting terrorists during Mumbai’s 26/11 attacks. But to Divya, he was her best friend, her ‘control room’ for every problem under the sun, and most importantly, just her ‘Dad’. Divya and Vijay Salaskar
May 6, 2024 · On November 26, 2008, Karkare, along with Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ashok Kamte, Inspector Vijay Salaskar and two other policemen, were killed outside the Cama Hospital after the Pakistani terrorists opened fire at them.
Nov 24, 2018 · Encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, who was known for killing 70-80 criminals, died while fighting terrorists in the attack. He was along with Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and four other constables at the time of his death. His patriotism and bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra on January 26, 2009. (Photo by Deepak Turbhekar/BCCL)
Nov 28, 2008 · In 1997, he was accused by underworld don Arun Gawli of trying to eliminate him in a fake encounter after the cop gunned down his aides Sada Pawle and Vijay Tandel. Gawli went to the extent of writing to the government that Salaskar would bump him off in a fake encounter.
Nov 26, 2023 · Vijay Salaskar, an encounter specialist, was credited with killing up to 80 criminals during his career. Salaskar, who headed the Mumbai Anti-Extortion Cell before his martyrdom, was killed by Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 attack.
Nov 3, 2016 · Vijay Salaskar. One of the last of Mumbai Poice’s famous encounter specialists, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar was posted as the head of the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch during 26/11. A 1983-batch officer, Salaskar had gunned down over 80 criminals through his career and had built an extensive intelligence network.
Nov 26, 2020 · Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar. Hemant Karkare, the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad, was at his home in Dadar when he got a call about a terror attack at 9.45 pm on November 26. He immediately left for CST station accompanied with his driver and bodyguards. There he learnt that the terrorists were now near Cama hospital.
