KOCHI:
Lakshadweep
administrator Dineshwar
Sharma
, who was the former interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir and served as the director of the Intelligence Bureau, passed away on Friday.
Sharma, IPS (retd), assumed the charge as the 36th
administrator
of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep on November 1, 2019.
Prime minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Sharma on his passing. “…Sharma Ji made long-lasting contributions to India’s policing and security apparatus. He handled many sensitive counter-terror and insurgency ops during his policing career. Anguished by his demise. Condolences to his family. Om Shanti,” the prime minister tweeted.
“Deeply anguished… He served the nation with utmost devotion as a dedicated officer... My heartfelt condolences to his family in this hour of grief. Om Shanti,” tweeted home minister Amit Shah. Sharma was under treatment at a hospital in Chennai for sometime. A 1979 Kerala cadre IPS officer, Sharma joined the Intelligence Bureau as assistant director in January 1991. Sharma was awarded the prestigious Indian Police Medal for meritorious service in 1997 followed by the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service in 2003. He is survived by wife Manju and a son and daughter. TNN
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