A video in which Thakur is heard cursing Karkare at a public meeting in Bhopal went viral on Friday. Thakur said she had cursed Karkare when the Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was interrogating her about the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast, which killed six people and injured 100. Thakur later sought to clarify her remark and said she was withdrawing her statement. And exactly one and a quarter month later he was killed by the terrorists," the video shows Thakur as saying. “Ashok Chakra awarded late Shri Hemant Karkare, IPS, made the supreme sacrifice fighting terrorists.

Source: Mint April 19, 2019 17:15 UTC