This is the second in our series on the Mumbai 26/11 Terror Attack Anniversary Special.
Tukaram Ombale, who was courage personified, grappled unarmed with AK47-wielding Kasab at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai on November26-27 night, made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty
Tukaram Ombale, assistant sub-inspector, whose valour led to the capture of Pakistaniterrorist Ajmal Kasab during the 26/11 terror attacks, did not want his daughters to join the police force.
"Neither me nor any of my three sisters would join the police force respecting our father's wish," Ombale`s third daughter Vaishali told PTI.
The first in the series: 26x11 was my most challenging night
Ombale, who was courage personified as he grappled unarmed with AK 47-wielding Kasab at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai on November 26-27 night, made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty, but not before he had ensured the capture of at least one of the ten Pakistani terrorists on their diabolic mission alive.
"My father did not want us girls to join the policeforce. He had his own reasons. All he wished for us was to be happy," Vaishali, who has completed her B.Ed, said.
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Her youngest sister Bharti has been offered a clerical job in government as part of the state government's compensation.
"I will soon take up a teaching assignment and look after the family. Some of my fathers dreams remain unfulfilled. I will try to fulfil those, said 25-year-old Vaishali, who finds it painful to recollect the sequence ofevents of the dreadful night as the first anniversary of the dastardly attacks approaches. More
Ombale clutched the barrel of the AK 47 with both hands and, despite taking bullets, did not let go of him.
Ombale's colleagues pounced on Kasab and pinned himdown.
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Ombale, in his late 40s, had succeeded in doing with his bare hands what the NSG commandos, in their bullet-proof jackets and carrying automatic weapons could not-- capturealive a perpetrator of one of the most audacious terror strikes in recent memory.
