The evidence related to the killing of Karkare, IPS officer Ashok Kamte and well-known encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar showed they died in a burst of firing by Kasab and his accomplice Abu Ismail.

According to police sources, a 10-member police team led by assistant police inspector Vijay Salaskar trapped the notorious gangsters and asked them to surrender, when the duo opened fire.

Encounter specialists like Vijay Salaskar, Pradeep Sharma and Daya Nayak were hailed as heroes. However, many of these encounters were used by the underworld dons to settle scores with rivals ...

Pradeep Sharma is from the famed 1983 batch of police officers including Vijay Salaskar, Praful Bhosle, Ravindra Angre and Vinayak Saude. These cops were known for their crackdown on Mumbai ...

Twenty minutes after leaving the hospital, Kasab and Ismail killed the then Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, inspector Vijay Salaskar and additional commissioner of police Ashok Kamte in ...