ASSAM TIMES POST
Guwahati: Former Assam Director-General of Police (DGP) Khagen Sarma, , passed away on Friday evening at a sun Vellay hospital here.
Sixty-four year old Sharma was suffering from cancer and was admitted to the hospital on October 13 and his condition deteriorated further since yesterday, hospital sources said.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Sharma was a 1982 batch IPS officer and had retired in 2015 as the DGP of the state.
He had served in Assam Police’s Special Branch (SB) as the IGP and ADGP where he dealt firmly with militants and successfully brought both the ULFA and both factions of the NDFB to the negotiating table.
It was during his tenure as the ADGP (SB), on January 24, 2012, 668 militants belonging to nine militant outfits of the State surrendered before then Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a message condoled the death of the former DGP who had served the state police with dedication and commitment.
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