Eight former DGPs have strongly condemned Sadhwi Pragya’s unfortunate and insulting remarks referring to the late IPS officer Hemant Karkare who fell to terrorist bullets on 26/11 (Mumbai terror attacks) in the line of duty while defending his country.

Those former DGs/DGPs who condemned Sadhwi’s statements are; Julio Ribeiro (former DGP Punjab), Prakash Singh (former DGP UP Assam and former BSF DG), PKH Tharakan  and Jacob Punoose (former DGPs of Kerala), Kamal Kumar (former NPA DG, Hyderabad), Sanjeev Dayal (former DGP of Maharashtra), Jayanto N Choudhury (former Assam DGP and former DG of NSG) and N Ramachandran (former DGP Meghalaya).

While condemning Sadhwi’s remark these former IPS officers reiterated that had Hemant Karkare not volunteered to return to the Maharashtra cadre from a plum posting at the Centre with the specific intention of working with the ATS he would have been alive today. The country owes him a huge debt of gratitude. Anything that detracts from this is worthy of strong condemnation.