- Former National Security Guard (NSG) director general JK Dutt, who headed the force during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks counter operation, passed away due to Covid-19. He was 72.
- Jyoti Krishan Dutt was a 1971-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the West Bengal cadre. He served as the DG of the NSG from August 2006 to February 2009.
- Dutt had served the CBI and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He along with “black cat” commandos, had boarded an IL-76 aircraftto fly the first batch of the counter-terrorist strike force to Mumbai.