Author: A Ganesh Nadar
Publication: Rediff News
Date: November 2, 2010
URL: http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/nov/02/slide-show-1-obama-visit-ombles-ignored-obama-to-meet-other-26-11-heroes.htm
A Ganesh Nadar finds out which of the 26/11
heroes President Obama will meet in Mumbai.
Tukaram Omble was the biggest hero of 26/11.
The Mumbai police assistant sub-inspector was responsible for the capture
of Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive.
When his vehicle was cornered near Chowpatty
beach in south Mumbai, Kasab had rolled down from his seat and pretended to
be dead on the road.
Omble, who was part of the police team stationed
at the roadblock at Chowpatty beach, walked towards the Pakistani terrorist
to disarm him.
As he tried to take away Kasab's AK-47, the
terrorist began firing.
Omble refused to let go even as the bullets
hurtled into his frail body.
Kasab was captured by his colleagues, but
Omble did not survive the attack.
United States President Barack Obama will
show solidarity with the victims of 26/11 on the morning of November 6. At
the Taj Mahal hotel, where he will stay during his visit to Mumbai, Obama
will meet some of the heroes of 26/11.
Sadly, Tukaram Omble's family has not been
invited to the event.
Vaishali Omble, the slain police officer's
daughter, told rediff.com she was aware of the visit, but "so far we
have not received any invitation to meet President Obama."
The Americans may yet invite Vaishali's family,
and also the families of slain Anti Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare,
Additional Commissioner Ashok Kamte, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar,
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havaldar Gajendra Singh Bisht who laid down
their lives during the attacks.
