Even as hundreds of thousands of Mumbaikar's came out onto the streets to pay their respects to national hero Hemant Karkare.

Politicians who came to pay their respects were sidelined by both the common man as well as the family of the deceased.

Karkare's wife, Kavita Karkare, refused to receive the amount from the Rs 1 crore reward announced by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the families of the martyred officers.

She refused to meet any politician.

Just to recall, Modi along with other leaders of the BJP including prime ministerial candidate L. K. Advani and others from the Shiv Sena have been baying for Karkare's blood post the Malegaon investigations into the allegations of terrorist activities by the saffron brigade.