Gaya (Bihar):The last rites of Dineshwar Sharma, Lakshadweep Administrator and former interlocutor to Jammu and Kashmir were performed with full state honours in Gaya, on Saturday.
Sharma passed away on Friday at the age of 66 at a Chennai hospital due to a lung-related ailment, Lakshadweep Resident Commissioner Asarpal Singh said.
President Ram Nath Kovind had on October 23, 2020, appointed former interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma as the Administrator of Lakshadweep.