IB chief to J&K interlocutor: Dineshwar Sharma, the man who excelled in different roles

Dineshwar Sharma, the administrator of Lakshadweep and former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief, died on the age of 66 on Friday in a hospital in Chennai, from issues associated to a lung ailment.

Tributes poured in from political leaders throughout events together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dwelling minister Amit Shah, and former J&Ok chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who all praised him for his data and abilities however most significantly his means to attach with everybody.

Sharma was barely constructed and quiet however he was not averse to talk fact to energy, and was at all times keen to take a position effort and time on advanced points.

That made him a pure alternative for the Modi authorities which determined to nominate him particular consultant for Jammu & Kashmir on October 25, 2017. His publish was equal to the publish of Cabinet Secretary.

Sharma, as J&Ok interlocutor, pursued dialogue with numerous stakeholders in J&Ok until the BJP-PDP coalition collapsed in 2017. It was he who advisable releasing first time stone pelters from jail.

PM Modi tweeted on Friday after his loss of life: “Administrator of Lakshadweep Shri Dineshwar 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”.

Mehbooba Mufti mentioned in her tweet as interlocutor Sharma tried his greatest to revive bridges of belief and goodwill between J&Ok and remainder of the nation. Omar Abdulla mentioned: “Dineshwar Sharma was a wise and sensible man who understood Kashmir. Unfortunately he was an interlocutor for a government that wasn’t interested in listening but that isn’t a reflection of either his efforts or his abilities. I’m sorry to hear of his untimely demise. May he RIP”.

His batchmate and former CBI Director Anil Sinha mentioned: “I have lost my brother, my friend and my family member.”

Sharma was IB chief for a hard and fast two-year time period from December 31, 2014.

Sharma joined the Intelligence Bureau as Assistant Director in January 1991 in Kashmir when the insurgency was at its peak there. During his service, Sharma dealt with quite a few assignments together with counter insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.