Dineshwar Sharma

Dineshwar Sharma (23 March 1954 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian politician and civil servant. He was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He was the chief of the Indian Intelligence Bureau, that is the Director of Intelligence Bureau which is the highest-ranked post in the Indian Police Service (IPS).

He also was an interlocutor to the government of India for the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In November 2019, he became the 34th Administrator of Lakshadweep.

Sharma died of lung disease on 4 December 2020 at the age of 66.

References

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