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Tapan Kumar Deka commonly known as Tapan Deka (born 25 February 1963) is the 28th Director of Intelligence Bureau of India. Deka is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer (Himachal Pradesh cadre) of the 1988 (41RR), Deka was empanelled as Director general of police level in 2021. Deka's tenure as the Director of Intelligence Bureau started from 1 July as his predecessor Arvind Kumar's tenure ended on June 30, 2022. Deka earlier denied the post of the Director general of police of Himachal Pradesh.