Former NSG director general JK Dutt, who led the commando force during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, died on Wednesday as a result of COVID-19-related complications, according to officials. He was 72 years old at the time.
According to family reports, the former IPS officer was admitted to Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital on April 14 after his oxygen saturation began to drop.
One of them said, “He passed away today at 3:30 p.m. after sustaining a major cardiac arrest.”Dutt leaves behind a wife, a son who works in Noida, and a daughter who lives in the United States.
J K, or Jyoti Krishan Dutt, was a West Bengal cadre officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) from the 1971 batch.
He was the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) from August 2006 to February 2009, when he retired.
He has worked for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), where he was appointed officiating chief or director in 2005.
Dutt also served in the Central Industrial Security Force for a while (CISF). ‘The’
NSG condoled his death through a message on Twitter.
“NSG condoles the sad and untimely demise of (our) former DG and remembers his distinguished service to the Nation.
“He will always be remembered for his leadership during Op Black Tornado (Mumbai 2008). May Almighty rest his noble soul in eternal peace and give strength to his family to bear the loss,” the NSG said.
Soon after the western metropolis announced several shootouts and public killings on the night of November 26, 2008, Dutt, along with about 200 ‘black cats’ commandos, boarded an IL-76 aircraft of the Aviation Research Centre to fly the first batch of the counter-terrorist task force to Mumbai.
The elite army conducted ‘Operation Black Tornado’ to assassinate ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who had entered Mumbai via the sea road, laying siege to the city for over 60 hours, killing 166 people and injuring 300 others, including foreigners.
