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The last rites of Lakshadweep Administrator Dineshwar Sharma were performed with full state honours at Gaya in Bihar yesterday. Sharma passed away on Friday at the age of 66 at a Chennai hospital due to a lung-related ailment.
A 1976-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, Sharma also served as Director of Intelligence Bureau from 2014 to 2017.
He had also served as interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir.