Written by: Press Trust of India
3 min readMumbaiJan 6, 2009 12:55 AM IST
First published on: Jan 6, 2009 at 12:55 AM IST
Breaking her silence over the Mumbai carnage,Kavita Karkare,wife of slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare,on Monday said that police forces must be given better weapons and training to tackle such terror attacks.
She also referred to the Malegaon blast case being probed by her husband and said that the family had felt humiliated when he was criticised by various political parties on the issue.
In separate interviews to television channels,Kavita said,Police have to be given better weapons and training. They also must be paid well. She said,I feel proud about my husbands sacrifice but we have paid hard price for it. It is very painful because I am 50 plus and at this age I really needed my husband.
On the Malegaon probe issue,Kavita said that her husband wasnt under pressure from what I understood… because according to the Bhagwad Gita if you are fighting evil,even if your gurus are not doing the right thing,you must continue your fight…He was not confused,his ideas,his ideology was fixed… even the investigations were going smoothly,he had finished his work. He was criticised by various political parties,by people from every side,it was humiliating and sorrowful for us… but I know my husband was right. He had proof,so he was comfortable. He was a very strong person.
Talking about her husband,Kavita said,his upbringing was such… his mother was from the BJP and his father had communist ideologies,but they never argued. So he had a mix of both… thats why he took the decision of investigating the Malegaon blast… For any other officer it would have been different.
Replying to questions,she recalled the last image of her husband putting on a helmet and a bullet-proof jacket on the night of November 26 and said that every time she saw it she wondered whether the equipment was good enough to save a life and that if better equipment was available to her husband his life may have been saved.
Kavita said she was initially angry after the Mumbai terror attacks,but now I think I am overcoming the anger… We should come together and do something constructive.
While speaking about her family,she said,It has been very difficult for the children,my elder daughter whos married has family to help her,but my younger daughter in the London School of Economics and my son 17 are finding it difficult to cope.. the first month we were in too much grief,at night they would cry,get angry and I allowed them to show their emotions so that they can calm down.
She also said her younger daughter thought that Amir Ajmal Kasab,the surviving terrorist,should be given a chance to understand the gravity of his actions.
She said that she regretted her husbands decision to join the Anti-Terrorism Squad. I strongly regret that. When he took up the ATS job,I knew from his nature and uprightness that he will go in front and fight. It is a very risky job. That time I used to tell him to apply for a UN job, she said.
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