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His mother’s name is Hemlata Salaskar. Currently located at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), a ten-minute drive from the hospital,[12] they took a Toyota Qualis and proceeded in that direction. His wife received the award on his behalf in 2009.

Vijay Salaskar’s wife Smita (right) accepted Ashoka Chakra in 2009

  • He won President’s medal for gallantry service and many awards in Mumbai Police.
  • Her daughter fondly called him Superman and Control Freak.
  • He liked exploring forts and visited many forts in Maharashtra and its neighbouring states.
  • He was inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
  • He was a great lover of the book Aad Vatevarcha Maharashtra (Maharashtra that is off the tourists’ map).
  • He was perfect at map reading and before visiting any place, he would first read the map of that area thoroughly.

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She later said that he left without saying goodbye to her which he had never done before.
  • He was awarded Ashoka Chakra (posthumously) for his bravery during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

    But if Gawli is really reformed, he should not be afraid of me or any other policeman. I will only take orders from the police commissioner, who is my supreme commander. He pursued a master’s degree in commerce from the Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College, Malad, Maharashtra. His mother was Hemlata Salaskar, and a younger brother, Dilip Salaskar, survived him.

    Academic Achievements and Initial Career Aspirations

    Salaskar completed his early education in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, before relocating to Mumbai for advanced studies.

    inspector vijay salaskar of persons

    He rushed along with the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of the Mumbai Police Ashok Kamte to neutralise the terrorists who were reported to be near Cama and Albless Hospital (“Cama”) next to the Azad Maidan police station. My brother and his friend Anil Bheda were picked up around noon, hurriedly packed off in a vehicle and rushed away.

    Eventually, when these encounters were proven fake, some of these officers too ended up behind bars,” says a former Deputy Commissioner of Police.

    ‘Special work’ in a store room

    The Lakhan Bhaiya case in which Pradeep Sharma was recently convicted is a pointer to the world in which the encounter specialists functioned.

    In 2021, a film titled Mumbai Saga was released which showed the underworld and Mumbai police during the 1980s and 1990s. According to the evidence in the case presented before the High Court, a store room behind the D N Nagar Police Station in Andheri was renovated into the office of a squad headed by Sharma for ‘special work’.

    The prosecution in the Lakhan Bhaiya case told the court that members of Sharma’s squad were allegedly hand-picked from across the city without any formal orders.

    India Express quotes statements by Constable Arun Jadhav, who was with the officers Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte and Hemant Karkare when they died.[12] The three officers and four constables had received information that Sadanand Date had been wounded while resisting hostile terrorist action at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children.

    At this point, Jadhav was able to contact headquarters. Key figures neutralized included Sada Pawle, a close confidant of Gawli involved in multiple extortion rackets, and his associate Vijay Tandel, both killed in a September 2000 shootout at Ghatkopar after attempting to evade capture.[14][13][15]Salaskar's operations extended to rivals of Gawli, such as associates of Chhota Rajan.

    He once went inside the chawl with his team to kill the don, who fled from the scene, forcing Vijay to return empty-handed. The bungalow belongs to the maternal side of his family and is situated in the Adgoan village in the Rameshwarwadi area. “There were murmurs that juniors who were not even part of an encounter would get their names added to the squad to gain recognition.

    According to Jadhav, five minutes later two terrorists stepped out from behind a tree and opened fire with AK-47 automatic rifles. During his 25 years career, he killed around 75-80 criminals which included killing Amar Naik, Jaggu Shetty, Saadhu Shetty, Kundan Singh, and Zahoor Makhanda.