ABOUT THE BOOK

Dilip Mitra spent close to a decade in Intelligence. Operation Black Stiletto chronicles those years. The book takes the reader on a journey into the unknown; through byzantine alleys and corridors; a long tense walk up a staircase of distorting mirrors and dark shadows. This is a world where massacres like the one in Nandigram occur.

The story of Intelligence agencies of the country and, in this part of India, the Intelligence Wing of West Bengal; engaged in an uncompromising, drawn out conflict against terror to keep our people safe. And the unearthing and neutralizing of several horrific plots aimed at inflicting mass slaughter of innocent Indians. Of some battles won, some lost.

Black Stiletto gives the reader a ring side view of this dark, sinister world where one mistake can lead to the death, dismemberment and permanent maiming of countless innocents. It is also scathingly abrasive when describing corruption, sheer ineptitude, sadistic mindsets and cronyism among a section of senior police officers and the suborning of certain susceptible police officers by hostile Intelligence agencies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dilip Mitra joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) as a direct recruit in July 1976 and was allotted the West Bengal Cadre. He did his schooling at Don Bosco Liluah and St Xavier’s Hazaribagh. A graduate from St Xavier’s College, Calcutta, he has an Ll B degree, a SIDA sponsored Advanced International Certificate in Traffic and Environment Management from the VTI, Linkoping, Sweden, a post graduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Care Management from Symbiosis, Pune and two in- Service Certificates in Management.

He held several important assignments with both the State and Central Governments over the course of an unblemished career spanning thirty eight and a half years. Dilip Mitra was awarded the Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service by the President of India.

He was a Member of the Indian Delegation at several Indo-Bangladesh, Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan Border talks during his tenure in Intelligence. He was DIG, Spl IGP, IGP and Addl DGP in the State Intelligence Branch. He retired as Director General of Police, a rank he held for over four years.