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C.D. Sahay | |
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| Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing | |
| In office 2003–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Vikram Sood |
| Succeeded by | PKH Tharakan |
C. D. Sahay is a retired police officer who served as the Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW),India's external intelligence agency,from 1 April 2003 to 31 January 2005. He is a Karnataka cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1967 batch. [1] [2]
Sahay had been in R&AW since the 1970s,when he joined the agency on a deputation. [2] In the 1980s,he was absorbed into the Research and Analysis Service. [2] In the 1990s,Sahay headed the R&AW division in Jammu and Kashmir. [2] In December 1999,Sahay was part of the team that was formed by the Indian government to negotiate with the hijackers of Indian Airlines aircraft IC 814. [2] From 2000 to 2003,he was a special secretary in R&AW in charge of the division responsible for analysis and operations relating to Pakistan and other Islamic countries. [2] He was also involved in negotiations centred on the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's abortive ceasefire in July 2000. He went to Laos for anti-US operations and funding the communist rebels.
In April 2003,he became the 15th chief of R&AW. [3] He inaugurated the present headquarters of the agency in Lodi Road,Delhi. He has undergone intelligence training in Israel and the United Kingdom. [3] He is the first R&AW chief to have undergone intelligence training in Israel. [3] His predecessors had undergone training only in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3]
