ATS chief Karkare, who had reached his home in Dadar at around 9.45 p.m., headed back to south Mumbai after he got a call from the Control Room informing him of the attacks. Accompanied by an inspector and four constables, he reached the CST station where Additional DGP (Railways) and his predecessor in the ATS, K P Raghuvanshi, were already present with DCP (Zone 2) Sanjay Mohite.

On being told that the CST attackers had gone into a lane leading to Cama Hospital, Karkare gathered his men and rushed in that direction on foot.

Ditto for Additional CP Kamte, who lives in European Building near Byculla Police Station, and had reached home at about 10 p.m. He left within minutes after being called about the attacks by the East Region Control Room and reached the Azad Maidan Police Station Club where he was told he could not take his vehicle towards Cama Hospital next door due to the firing there. So he started walking ahead with his wireless operator.

Inspector Salaskar was all over the place. He reached home at 9.30 p.m. but left at 9.50 p.m. and went to Colaba Police Station after Maria told him to question two "terrorists" who had been caught and taken there but who turned out to be Israeli Consulate security guards.

When Salaskar discovered this, Maria asked him to head to the city police headquarters. But on his way, when Salaskar was informed about firing in Cama, he decided to rush towards the rear gate of the hospital. Karkare and Kamte were already in that lane and got into Salaskar's vehicle with their men and drove into a blind alley.

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