Tapan Kumar Deka commonly known as Tapan Deka (born 25 February 1963) is the 28th

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of India. Deka is an

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(IPS) officer (Himachal Pradesh cadre) of the 1988 (41RR), Deka was empanelled as

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level in 2021. Deka's tenure as the

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started from 1 July as his predecessor Arvind Kumar's tenure ended on June 30, 2022. Deka earlier denied the post of the

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. During his police service, Tapan Deka mostly worked with the

of India. He has been considered a Top Spy and close aide of Ajit Doval. He joined the

in 1998.

Early life and Academic

Deka was born on 25 February 1963, in

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in an

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family. He holds a

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. He was a AASU leader and selected for Indian Police Service (IPS) in his first attempt.

Police career

* Tapan Deka was appointed as the counter-terrorism operations chief in Kashmir. * Tapan Deka has formally served as Deputy Director, Joint Director, and Additional Director, Special Director at

. During

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, Tapan Deka handled the protest to bring normalcy as per the advice of Home Minister of India

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. He was also the head of investigation of the

2008 Assam bombings The 2008 Assam bombings occurred on 30 October 2008, before noon in markets in Guwahati city and the surrounding area of western Assam. Reports indicated as many as eighteen bombs went off,Pathankot air base attack and Pulwama attack, and was the brain behind the arrest of

Yasin Bhatkal Syed Mohammed Ahmed Zarar Siddibappa, known as Yasin Bhatkal, is a convicted Indian Islamist terrorist, who was the co-founder and leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM). Yasin along with Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal ...

, founder of

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(IM), from

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. Deka is believed to the key official of the surgical strike in Balakot,

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Awards

* President's Police Medal for distinguished service in 2012.

Footnotes

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy - No.11011/10/2018-Trg-UR(1988-41 RR)

Notes

References

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