Tukaram Omble

Indian police officer (1954–2008)

Tukaram Gopal Omble

Bust of Tukaram Omble, at Girgaum Chowpatty junction

Born| c. 1954 (1954)

Kedambe, Jaoli, Satara, India

Died| 27 November 2008 (aged 53-54)

Mumbai, India

Police career
Department| Mumbai Police
Service years| 1991 - 2008
Rank| Assistant Sub-Inspector
Awards|  Ashoka Chakra

Tukaram Omble AC (c. 1954 – 27 November 2008)[1] was an Indian police officer and a former member of Indian army who served as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Mumbai Police. He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The Indian government posthumously honoured Omble on 26 January 2009 with the Ashoka Chakra, the country's highest peacetime military award.[2]

## Biography[edit]

Omble's widow receives the Ashok Chakra from president Pratibha Patil on 26 January 2009. Home Minister P. Chidambaram handing over a CNG fuel Pump to the family of Tukaram Omble.

Omble joined the Mumbai police as a constable in 1991 after retiring from the Indian Army's Signal Corps as a naik. He was an ASI in the Mumbai Police. On 26 November he and his team were guarding a checkpoint when they were approached by two terrorists in a hijacked vehicle. After an initial shootout, one of the terrorists died inside the vehicle. The other terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, exited the vehicle and feigned surrender. As an unarmed Omble approached him, Kasab got up and opened fire. Omble stood in front of him and held on to the barrel of Kasab's rifle, which prevented the bullets from injuring anyone else apart from Omble, who died due to this action. Kasab was subsequently apprehended by the rest of Omble's team.[3]

The Government of India later awarded Omble with the Ashoka Chakra in recognition of his actions in helping to apprehend Kasab.[4]

## Awards and honours[edit]

* The Ashoka Chakra.[5]
* CNN Indian of the Year award under the category of 'Extraordinary Service to the Nation'.[6]

A jumping spider species from the Maharashtra region was named after him in June 2021.[7]

## See also[edit]

* Hemant Karkare
* Sandeep Unnikrishnan
* Vijay Salaskar
* Ashok Kamte
* Havaldar Gajender Singh
* Sadanand Date

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ashish Khetan; Bachi Karkaria; Chris Khetan; George Koshy; Harsh Joshi; Julio Riberio; Rahul Shivshankar (2009). 26/11 Mumbai Attacked. Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 9789351940708. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
2. ^ "11 security personnel to get Ashok Chakra". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
3. ^ "Remembering Tukaram Omble, Policeman Who Took 40 Bullets From Kasab's Gun But Caught Him Alive". IndiaTimes. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
4. ^ "Ashok Chakra for only two: Karkare and Omble - Financial Express". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
5. ^ "Ashok Chakra for only two: Karkare and Omble". Indian Express. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
6. ^ "Madhavan Nair, Team Chandrayan named CNN-IBN Indian of the Year - Thaindian News". Thaindian.com. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
7. ^ "Newly discovered spider species named after Mumbai cop Tukaram Ombale | Navi Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 June 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Tukaram Omble at Wikimedia Commons

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Main topics|

* Timeline
* Reactions
* Aftermath
* Erroneous reporting
* Ram Pradhan Inquiry Commission
* National Investigation Agency
* Anti-Terrorism Squad

Persons|

| Perpetrators|

* Lashkar-e-Taiba
* Abu Ismail Dera Ismail Khan
* Ajmal Kasab
* David Headley
* Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
* Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
* Sajid Mir
* Azam Cheema
* Tahawwur Hussain Rana
* Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed
* Zarrar Shah
* Zabiuddin Ansari
* Major Iqbal
* Altaf Khanani

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Victims|

* Andreas Liveras
* Ashok Kamte
* Gavriel Holtzberg
* Gajender Singh Bisht
* Hemant Karkare
* Lo Hwei Yen
* Loumia Hiridjee
* Ralph Burkei
* Sadanand Date
* Sandeep Unnikrishnan
* Tukaram Omble
* Vijay Salaskar

Survivors|

* Brooke Satchwell
* Dara Huang
* Devika Rotawan
* Erika Mann
* Esperanza Aguirre
* Gulam Noon, Baron Noon
* Harish Manwani
* Ignasi Guardans
* Jan Masiel
* Michael Rudder
* N. N. Krishnadas
* Sajjad Karim
* Sandra Samuel
* Sourav Mishra
* Syed Kamall

Others|

* Faheem Ansari
* Sarah Avraham

Sites|

* Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
* The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
* Trident Hotel, Nariman Point
* Nariman House
* Cama Hospital
* Leopold Cafe
* Vile Parle
* Vile Parle railway station

Works|

| Books|

* Kasab: The Face of 26/11 (2010)
* The Siege: The Attack on the Taj (2013)

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Films|

* Crackers (2011)
* Shahid (2012)
* Arrambam (2013)
* The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
* Phantom (2015)
* Taj Mahal (2015)
* Hotel Mumbai (2018)
* Rubaru Roshni (2019)
* Sooryavanshi (2021)
* Major (2022)

Television|

* "Mumbai Massacre" (2009)
* "Operation Black Tornado" (2018)
* State of Siege: 26/11 (2020)
* Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021)

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* Milli Muslim League
* Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation
* Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
* Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism
* Terrorism in Mumbai
* Terrorism in India
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* Eric James Tucker (1958)
* Suhas Biswas (1952)
* Bachittar Singh (Soldier) (1952)
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