| Maloy Krishna Dhar | |
| Order: | Former Joint Director of Intelligence Bureau |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Bhairab-Mymensingh, East Bengal, British India (present day Bangladesh) |
| Death Place: | Delhi, India |
| Profession: | Spymaster |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Sunanda Dhar |
| Children: | 2 |
Maloy Krishna Dhar (13 July 1939 – 19 May 2012) was an Indian intelligence officer and an author who served in the Intelligence Bureau, India's domestic intelligence agency.[1]
Dhar was born in Kamalpur, Bhairab-Mymensingh in East Bengal, and relocated to West Bengal with his family during the Partition of India. Following his completion of a Master's degree in Bengali Literature and Language and Comparative Literature from the University of Calcutta[2]
He served from 1964–1968 in the West Bengal cadre of the Indian Police Service and, in 1968, was deputed to the Intelligence Bureau, where he spent the rest of his career.[3]
Throughout his extensive career, he held significant positions during important periods, such as the insurgency period in Manipur and Nagaland in the early 1970s.[4] He also played a role in Sikkim between 1975 and 1979, during its formal merging as a state.[5] Additionally, he was involved in handling sensitive operations related to counterintelligence and counterterrorism. From 1983–87, he was stationed in Canada, a time marked by the increasing rise of the Khalistan movement and the Kanishka Bombing.[6]
After reaching retirement age, he pursued a career as an independent writer and journalist, contributing articles to all the prominent English newspapers, specifically focusing on India's intelligence system.[7]
Dhar passed away on May 19, 2012, following a month-long struggle with deteriorating health. It began with a stroke and was further complicated by renal and multi-organ failure.[8]