Ashok Kamte Wife Vinita Kamte Truth For Mumbai Blast 26/11

The widow of additional police commissioner Ashok Kamte, one of the slain heroes of 26/11 terror attacks, has alleged that Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Rakesh Maria had attempted to suppress crucial details of the sequence of events that led to her husband's death.

Vinita Kamte in her book raised several questions for police – relating to co-ordination between the police control room and officers on the ground. According to her the police control room did not pass on to the officers crucial information which might have saved their lives.

Also it took 40 minutes for help to reach the officers. She has argued that if the help had arrived earlier Ashok Kamte, Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar could have been saved.

Vinita Kamte also alleged that the committee setup to enquir on this issue was made up of mostly persons who were themselves interested in covering up their lapses.

Vinita Kamte has also accused Maria of feigning ignorance about the location of her husband and his colleague Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who too was slain on the first night of the terrorist attacks.

The book release function at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower was attended by Police Commissioner D. Shivanandhan, RTI activist Aruna Roy, and two former city police commissioners Julio Rebeiro and M.N. Singh among others.