Mumbai: Kavita Karkare, widow of former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare who died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks, died on Monday September 29.

She had been admitted to a hospital after she suffered brain haemorrhage and slipped into coma, police sources said.

“Kavita Karkare sustained a brain haemorrhage because of which he has been taken to Hinduja Hospital at Mahim. Her condition was critical and she was in coma, however today she succumbed to her illness,” a police officer said.

Kavita’s husband Hemant Karkare, then Maharashtra ATS chief, died defending Mumbai in the November 26, 2008 attacks. He was killed on the night of 26/11 near Cama Hospital, along with Additional Police Commissioner Ashok Kamte and senior police inspector Vijay Salaskar.