S. K. Bhatnagar Explained

Sharad Kumar Bhatnagar
Office: Indian
Ambassador
to Bahrain
Predecessor:M.P.M. Menon
Office2:Defence Secretary
Predecessor2:SM Ghosh
Successor2:T. N. Seshan[1]
Office3:Governor of Sikkim
Term Start3:February 1989
Term End3:Jan. 31, 1990
Predecessor3:T. V. Rajeswar
Successor3:Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
Office4: Indian
Ambassador
to Finland
Term Start4:1996
Term End4:1997
Predecessor4:Prithvi Raj Sood
Successor4:Aladiyan Manickam

S. K. Bhatnagar (June 1, 1930[2] – August 4, 2001[3]) was a former defence secretary of India. He was a key figure of those accused in the Bofors scandal.

He was one of the persons to have been questioned first by the CBI after registering the First Information Report (FIR) in the Bofors pay- off case in January 1990. He was accused of abusing his official authority as the then Defence Secretary to tilt the scales in favour of the Swedish firm for the Rs. 1437-crore contract to supply 155 mm howitzer guns to the Indian Army. The contract with the Government was signed on March 24, 1986, when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India. He was later made governor of Sikkim.

He died in 2001 at the age of 71.

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References

  1. http://www.mod.nic.in/forms/Sublink1.aspx?lid=1533&Id=56 Defence Secretary
  2. Productivity News, 1983, p. 107
  3. Web site: Former defence secretary S K Bhatnagar dead - Times of India . articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 3 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130103183838/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-05/india/27252481_1_bofors-agent-bofors-chief-martin-ardbo-s-k-bhatnagar . 3 January 2013 . dead.