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S K Datta
SK Datta was born in 1935, joined IPS in 1959 and retired as Director CBI in 1993. He had served in CBI for more than 15 years. In his long career in CBI he was involved in supervising complicated ...view moreSK Datta was born in 1935, joined IPS in 1959 and retired as Director CBI in 1993. He had served in CBI for more than 15 years. In his long career in CBI he was involved in supervising complicated cases like politically oriented murder cases, bank frauds, terrorist cases having international ramifications. He developed keen interest in lSI sponsored terrorist cases in Punjab and J&K as a supervising officer of such cases.
While in service he presented papers at international conferences on issues like international terrorism, underground banking (Hawala), drug trafficking and organised crime. He was a member of the UN Observer Group on drug trafficking in South East Asia.
After retirement, he attended three Working Group meetings on terrorism sponsored by the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific at Manila, Jakarta and Bangkok in 2003-04.
He was a regular contributor to newspapers and contributed chapters in several books like 'Pakistan Trap', 'Pakistan at the Cross Roads', 'Annual Security Review 2002'. He was the principal author of the book titled 'Pakistan: From Jinnah to Jehad' which was well received in the US and the Western world. It was declared best seller by the publishers.view less
Books by S K Datta
Inside ISI: The Story and Involvement of the ISI, Afghan Jihad, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, 26/11 and the Future of Al-Qaeda