Karkare's death: Notice to 8 cops over missing file on purchase of bulletproof jackets
Mumbai:Mumbai Home Ministry has served notice to eight policemen, including former Police Commissioner DN Jadhav, over the missing file of bulletproof jackets purchased by the Mumbai police. All the police officials have been asked to reply by
January 4. The file that has been missing contains all records of the bulletproof
jackets purchased by the Mumbai police in 2007. The Anti-Corruption Bureau had
found all the purchased bulletproof jackets to be sub-standard. Social activist
Santosh Daundkar had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging irregularities in
the purchase of substandard bulletproof vests for the police. It has been reported that
Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare was wearing a sub-standard bulletproof
jacket on the
night of 26/11 terrorist attack, when he was killed in the encounter with the
terrorists.
