Our Correspondent / New Delhi
Former director IB Mr Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed centre’s representative for peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharma will hold the the position of a Cabinet Secretary.
Announcing the appointment of Mr Sharama, home minister Rajnath Singh today said that center wanted to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir. “The appointment is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to evolve political solution to the Kashmir issue”, said home minister while briefing media. He said that with respect to talks with separatists, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the interlocutor will be free to decide whom to talk to.
Sharma, a 1976 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer, retired as director of the IB on December 31, 2016.
Dineshwar Sharma, a Bihar-born, Kerala-cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1976 batch, was the chief of the Intelligence Bureau. He has a wide range of experience — from handling separatism and insurgencies to domestic and regional politics.
He has served in a wide variety of command & staff positions in various Police, Paramilitary & Intelligence agencies –including as Subdivisional Police Officer (SDPO) in the rank of Dy.SP in Alappuzha district of Kerala, Adjutant of a Malabar Special Police battalion, ASP (Deputy Commandant) of a Malabar Special Police Battalion in the rank of Addl.SP, Additional SP (Addl.SP) (Urban) in Kozhikode District, Commandant of the II Armed Police Battalion in the rank of Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police of Kollam district and Thrissur district in Kerala, SSP in the Kerala State Intelligence Bureau, Instructor at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in the rank of SSP, DIG of the Border Security Force between 1999-2003, Joint Director of IB (Islamist Terrorism Desk) in 2003-05, IG of CRPF in charge of Jammu & Kashmir, Director of the BSF Academy, and Additional Director and Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He has worked continuously in the IB since 2008.