R R Patil orders probe into Karkare`s '`issing` jacket

Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) Home Minister of the western Indian
state of Maharashtra R R Patil has directed the police to
probe the case of the "missing" bulletproof vest of the
Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who died fighting
terrorists during the 26/11 attacks.
"Patil has taken a serious view of the issue (of missing
jacket) and asked crime branch to look into it," an aide of
the Indian Home Minister said.
Home Minister of India P Chidambaram has said it was
"shoddy" of the Mumbai Police to have not been able to locate
the bulletproof vest worn by Karkare when he was fatally shot
and added that he was sorry for the lapse.
Karkare was killed on the night of 26/11 near Cama
Hospital along with Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte
and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar.
Karkare's widow Kavita had said she filed an application
under the Right to Information Act to locate the jacket but
was told it was not traceable.
There have been allegations that the bulletproof vest worn
by Karkare at the time of his death was defective. PTI