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Though Doordarshan named Vijay Shankar in its news,
the official web site of CBI stated that Shri Uma Shankar
Misra, Director CBI retired today after completing his
two years tenure. Shri Misra handed over charge of Director,
CBI to Shri J.K.Dutt, senior-most Additional Director
in the investigating agency.
Being asked by the press persons what would be his
priorities Shri Dutt said that continuing with the Anti-Corruption
Drives will be one of his priorities. He said that these
drives in the past have yielded good results. Lauding
the efforts of Shri Misra in getting Abu Salem and Monica
Bedi extradited to India, Shri Dutt said, his priority
will also be to get extradited the other fugitives from
abroad. In this connection, he said that the new notice,
apart from the red-corner notice, which has been decided
to be issued by the Interpol will be of great help in
extraditing terrorists.
Shri J.K. Dutt is an IPS Officer of the 1971 batch
(West Bengal Cadre). He has been functioning as Additional
Director in the CBI since March, 2005. Earlier tto,
Shri Dutt has held important positions in CBI from 1985
to 1992 as S.P. and D.I.G. mainly dealing with Anti-
Corruption Cases. Then, again from 1995 to 2002, Shri
Dutt had held the position of Joint Director supervising
Anti-Corruption Cases of North Zone, besides Special
Crime and Administration. Shri Dutt was associated with
the investigation of a number of sensitive cases entrusted
to CBI by the Supreme Court and the High Courts including
Purulia Air-dropping of Arms case that ended in conviction
of the accused persons. Shri Dutt had served at Kharagpur,
Durgapur, 24 Parganas, Distt. Cooch Bihar, Siliguri
and Sealdah GRP. He has also served in the difficult
areas of North-Eastern States of Tripura and Sikkim
for which he was awarded the Antarik Surakshya Medal.
While in Tripura, at Shri Dutt''s initiative, a Police
Hospital Building was completed and made functional
for police personnel and their families. Shri Dutt has
also served in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
for a brief period during 1995.
Shri Dutt received his education from Mayo College,
Ajmer and from St. Stephen''s College, Delhi and holds
a Post Graduate Degree in History from Delhi University.
He has been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry in
1977, Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1988 and
the President''s Police Medal for Distinguished Service
in 1997.
Interestingly, Doordarshan, considered the mouthpiece
of the government, claimed that Vijay Shanker, a 1969
batch IPS officer of UP cadre who was awarded the President's
police medal for distinguished and meritorious services,
has been appointed as the new CBI Director following
the retirement of incumbent U S Misra on 6th December.
The news went on, " Shankar's name was cleared
by the Appointments Committe of the cabinet chaired
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late Friday.
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