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Vijay Salaskar, AC (5 April 1957 – 26 November 2008) was an Indian police inspector and encounter specialist with the Mumbai police. He was widely credited with killing 75–80 criminals in encounters – most of these were members of the Arun Gawli gang. [2]
Vijay Salaskar (1957-2008) was a brave and popular officer who killed many criminals from the underworld gangs of Mumbai. He also revealed the gutka-underworld nexus and died fighting the terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Mar 23, 2024 · Sada Pawla alias Sada Mama, gangster Arun Gawli’s sidekick on whom Satya’s Kallu Mama was loosely based, had been gunned down by Vijay Salaskar, an ‘encounter specialist’ with the Mumbai Police, in Ghatkopar in 1997.
Nov 24, 2018 · Divya Salaskar recounts how her father, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, was killed in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. She shares how the tragedy changed her life and how the Mumbai Police and other widows supported her family.
Nov 28, 2008 · In 1997, he was accused by underworld don Arun Gawli of trying to eliminate him in a fake encounter after the cop gunned down his aides Sada Pawle and Vijay Tandel. Gawli went to the extent of writing to the government that Salaskar would bump him off in a fake encounter.
Nov 24, 2018 · Encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, who was known for killing 70-80 criminals, died while fighting terrorists in the attack. He was along with Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and four other constables at the time of his death. His patriotism and bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra on January 26, 2009. (Photo by Deepak Turbhekar/BCCL)
Nov 3, 2016 · Vijay Salaskar. One of the last of Mumbai Poice’s famous encounter specialists, Senior Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar was posted as the head of the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch during 26/11. A 1983-batch officer, Salaskar had gunned down over 80 criminals through his career and had built an extensive intelligence network.
