JK Dutt, IPS officer (retired) and former DG NSG passed away on Wednesday due to Covid-related complications. He was admitted to Medanta.
Family sources told PTI that the retired IPS officer was admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon on April 14 after his oxygen saturation started declining.
“He passed away today at 3:30 pm after suffering a massive cardiac arrest,” one of them said.
JK Dutt was the chief of NSG, who saw counter-terror and rescue efforts during operation Black Tornado in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
Zulfiquar Hasan, ADG (CRPF), and also a West Bengal Cadre officer said: “JK Dutt was an officer, who excelled in cadre and central deputation. He always led from the front.”
A 1971 batch Bengal cadre IPS officer, JK Dutt served as the chief of the NSG from 2006 to 2009. He was also Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
On 26 November 2008, 10 terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit entered Mumbai via the sea route and carried out a coordinated attack on numerous locations in the Maharashtra capital. By November 28, all the attack sites except the iconic Taj Hotel had been secured. The next day, NSG commandos entered the hotel and neutralised the terrorists after a marathon close-quarter battle.
166 people had died in the terror attack and over 300 were injured. Only one terrorist, Ajmal Aamir Kasab, was captured alive. He was executed in 2012.
Thousands have been killed in Delhi and its surrounding areas in the last few weeks as an unprecedented coronavirus surge hit the country. The more virulent wave of the infection has triggered shortages of hospital beds, medical oxygen and essential medicines.
Dutt is survived by his wife, a son, who works in Noida, and a daughter, who is based in the US.
