Tukaram Omble

Tukaram Gopal Omble
Died	26 November 2008 Mumbai
Awards	Ashoka Chakra
Police career
Department	Mumbai Police
Rank	Assistant Sub-Inspector

Tukaram Omble AC was an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Mumbai Police, and a retired army man who had entered the Mumbai police. He died during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, fighting terrorists at Girgaum Chowpatty and played a pivotal role in catching Ajmal Kasab alive, the lone survivor who later was convicted and executed. The Indian government honored Omble, on 26 January 2009, with the Ashoka Chakra – for the most conspicuous bravery or an act of daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice.

Omble joined the police as a constable in 1991 after retiring from the Indian Army's Signal Corps as a naik. He was an ASI with the Mumbai Police. His team was under-equipped for the attack, but managed to kill one terrorist and arrest the only terrorist taken alive - Ajmal Kasab. Unarmed, Omble held on to the rifle of the injured Kasab, enabling other officers to apprehend him. In the process, Kasab fired several shots, killing Omble.

Citizens of Mumbai led by Sumaira Abdulali petitioned to have him receive the highest civilian honour for his contribution to the nation in his rare feat to catch a terrorist on a suicide mission alive. The Government of India awarded Tukaram Omble with the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award.

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