Tukaram Omble AC ( 1954 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian police officer and a former member of the Indian army who served as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the

Mumbai Police The Greater Mumbai Police (Marathi language, Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: ''Brihanmumbaī Pulīs'', formerly ''Bombay City Police'') is the Police, police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a cit ...

. He was martyred in action during the 26/11 attacks, at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai. The Indian government posthumously honoured Omble on 26 January 2009 with the

Ashoka Chakra The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma"). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, most prominent among which is ...

, the country's highest peacetime military award.

Biography

Omble joined the Mumbai police as a constable in 1991 after retiring from the

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

'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 Muhammad Ajmal Amir Kasab (13 July 1987 – 21 November 2012) was a Pakistani terrorist and a member of the Islamism, Islamist militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, 2008 Mumbai terr ...

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

Awards and honours

* The

. * CNN Indian of the Year award under the category of 'Extraordinary Service to the Nation'. A

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species from the

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

region was named after him in June 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omble, Tukaram 1954 births 2008 deaths Deaths by firearm in India Terrorism victims in India Police officers from Mumbai Indian police officers killed in the line of duty Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks Recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (military decoration) Marathi people

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