Bhubaneswar: Former CBI Director of Uma Shankar Mishra (77), who was the Odisha cadre officer of the 1968 batch, died of an old age disease in a private hospital in New Delhi on Thursday.
Mishra led the CBI during December 6, 2003 to December 6, 2005.
“We lamented the death of former CBI director Shri Ua Sankar Mishra, retired IPS Officer in 1968 Batch of Odisha Cadre.
Shri Mishra will be remembered for its professional excellence, integrity, humility and affection.
My condolences to his family.
Hopefully his soul rest calmly, “Director General of Police Abhay Tweeted.
Mishra, an officer who was very decorated, had received Underworld Don Abu Salem, who was desirable in the 1993 series bomb explosion in Mumbai, was extradited from Portugal in November 2005.
A few years after his retirement, he joined as a vernacular daily guest editor of Odia every day in Bhubaneswar on Bhubaneswar In 2009.
Taking to Twitter, Vice President Baijayant Baijayant Baijayant Panda also lamented Mishra’s death.
Odisha: Director of the former CBI Uma Shanker Mishra Dies
