The mortal remains of Kavita Karkare, wife of slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare, were cremated at Worli in south Mumbai on Tuesday, a day after she died at a city hospital following brain haemorrhage.
Kavita (57), whose husband Hemant Karkare was martyred during the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, had been admitted to the P D Hinduja hospital on Saturday. She had slipped into coma and was on ventilator till Monday when she was declared dead.
“Her body was moved to a crematorium ground in Worli this morning from the hospital. Her son Akash conducted the last rites,” said a police officer.
After her death, Kavita’s two daughters and son had donated her organs to help the needy patients.
Published 30 September 2014, 19:18 IST