Tapan Deka is a 1988-batch IPS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre. (File)
New Delhi:
Tapan Kumar Deka, often called the ‘superspy’ with commendable experience in dealing with terrorism and radicalisation associated instances, was on Monday given a one-year extension until June 2025 because the chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Tapan Deka is a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
The Appointments Committee of the Cupboard headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has permitted Tapan Deka’s extension because the Director, Intelligence Bureau, for a interval of 1 yr past June 30, 2024, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry mentioned.
His extension is “in leisure of the provisions of FR 56 (d) and Rule 16 (1A) of All India Companies (Loss of life cum Retirement Advantages) Guidelines, 1958”, it mentioned.
The foundations permit the central authorities to increase in “public curiosity” the companies of the chiefs of IB and Analysis and Evaluation Wing (RAW), Cupboard Secretary, Residence Secretary and others, past 60 years age of superannuation.
Tapan Deka, often called the disaster supervisor within the energy corridors and intelligence fraternity, was in June 2022 appointed because the IB chief for 2 years. His time period was to finish this month.
He’s thought-about an professional in ‘operations’ particularly in Jammu and Kashmir in addition to within the Northeast area of the nation.
Tapan Deka served as the top of the operations wing of the IB for over 20 years earlier than lastly taking the reins of the company. He was additionally in control of the counter-assaults in the course of the 26/11 Mumbai assault in 2008.
Adept in dealing with terrorism and Islamic radicalisation associated instances, Tapan Deka had additionally led the operations towards the fear group Indian Mujahideen, which was behind a collection of subversive actions throughout the nation within the 2000s.
He was additionally deputed in his residence state Assam to deal with the risky state of affairs that arose following the large-scale violence after the enactment of the Citizenship Modification Act in 2019.
Tapan Deka has been the go-to man for the federal government on the affairs of Jammu and Kashmir as he has huge expertise in dealing with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism within the Union Territory.
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