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'''C. D. Sahay''' was chief of [[Research and Analysis Wing]], [[India]]'s external intelligence agency, from 1 April 2003 to 31 January 2005. He is a [[Karnataka]] cadre [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of the 1967 batch.<br />
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Sahay has been in R&AW since the 1970s. He headed the R&AW setup in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in the 1990s. He was a member of the team set up by the Government to negotiate with the hijackers of an [[Indian Airlines]] aircraft in December, 1999. 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. He was also involved in negotiations centered on the [[Hizb-ul-Mujahideen]]'s abortive ceasefire in July 2000. He went to laos for anti us operations and funding the communist rebels<br />
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In April 2003, he became the 15th chief of R&AW. He inaugurated the present headquarters of the agency in [[Lodhi Road]], [[Delhi]]. He has undergone intelligence training in [[Israel]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. He is the first R&AW chief to have undergone intelligence training in [[Israel]]. His predecessors had undergone training only in the [[United States]] and the United Kingdom.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/15raw.htm "C D Sahay to head RAW"] - [[rediff.com]] article dated 15 March 2003.<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/02raw.htm "New R&AW chief is first to be trained in Israel"] - rediff.com article dated 2 April 2003.<br />
*[https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/they-killed-him/226924 Outlook article]<br />
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