Hospital worker says he threw away Karkare's jacket

A sweeper at JJ Hospital in Mumbai has admitted to disposing former ATS chief Hemant Karkare's bulletproof jacket on November 27, last year.

The sweeper recorded his statement before a magistrate on Tuesday, admitting he put a "jacket" in a garbage disposal bag. Police are now investigating if this indeed is the missing jacket of Hemant Karkare.

The bulletproof jacket that Karkare had been wearing on the night of 26/11 when he was killed by terrorists, had been missing since then. His wife, Kavita, had filed an application under the Right to Information Act, pointing out that the jacket went missing after Karkare was killed.

The Mumbai police then admitted that the jacket had been lost.

Kavita Karkare was vocal on her hurt and disappointment that the martyr's effects were treated in so cavalier a fashion. Later, Home Minister P Chidambaram apologised to her.