Mumbai: Tukaram Ombale, Assistant
Sub-Inspector, whose valour led to the capture of Pakistani
terrorist 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," Ombales third
daughter Vaishali said.
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 10 Pakistani terrorists on
their diabolic mission alive.
"My father did not want us girls to join the police
force. He had his own reasons. All he wished for us was to
be happy," Vaishali, who has completed her B.Ed, said.
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 fulfill those, said 25-year-old
Vaishali, who finds it painful to recollect the sequence of
events of the dreadful night as the first anniversary of the
dastardly attacks approaches.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 14:22