Echoing these feelings of loss is Hemant Karkare's driver, Ravindra Jangam, who had been working for the ATS chief for the past four years.
Jangam was very fond of Karkare and his family, describing them as very nice people who would always help if you had any problem.
"With Karkaresaheb I used to go to work at 9 am and came back at 10 pm or even later. After he became the chief of ATS the hours became even longer. Midnight was the time he normally wrapped up," he recalls.
Recounting that terrible day, Jangam says, "On November 25, I had high blood pressure. When saheb came to know he made me sit in the passenger seat and drove me to hospital. He got me admitted in the police hospital next to the ATS office."
"On the 26th night I was still in hospital and sleeping. At midnight another policeman called me and told me that saheb was injured in some shootout. I switched on the TV in the ward and saw the ticker tape. I started crying when I saw the news. On the 27th, I left the hospital and went to his house. I stayed there right till the end."
Speaking of his current schedule, he says, "I still go to saheb's house everyday. I will go there till the department sends me elsewhere."
Image: Hemant Karkare with his daughter in a photograph taken during his posting in Vienna.
Also see: Pall of gloom at Karkare home
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