The Indian Police Service is a job like no other. You have to constantly be on your toes, ready to fight criminals and, if required, give up your life at any moment. These are the real superheroes. Here are 10 brave hearts who deserve to be talked about. While some of them gave up their lives fighting for us, the others left no stone unturned to make the country a better and safer place to live in.

1. Hemant Karkare

On that dreadful night of November 26, 2008, Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad head Hemant Karkare was going back home when he got to know that gunmen were attacking the Oberoi hotel in Mumbai. When he was told that the situation at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus was more serious, he jumped into his jeep in the spur of the moment with two other officers to take on the terrorists. Donning a helmet and a bulletproof vest, Karkare shot at Ajmal Kasab, the prime accused who was later hanged, but unfortunately, could not survive the blow of shots by another terrorist. Karkare had always been swift to take action, never giving two hoots about his own security. A brilliant leader who took painstaking efforts to eradicate terrorism in the country, we hope we carry forward the torch of fire that you ignited!

2. Vijay Salaskar

The Mumbai underworld feared encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar and that is saying something. The Anti-Extortion Cell head accompanied Karkare during the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks. After fighting bravely, he also fell to a volley of bullets by terrorists and India lost another brave hero and a selfless policeman!