Former CBI director Vijay Shankar passes away at 76

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Vijay Shankar, former CBI director and a 1969-batch IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh, passed away at 76 after a prolonged illness. His family will donate his body to AIIMS as per his last wish. Shankar oversaw high-profile cases like the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder and supervised the investigation into the Telgi scam during his...

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Central Bureau of Investigation

Indian federal law enforcement agency

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Indian Police Service

One of the Central Civil Services(IPS)

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Uttar Pradesh

State in northern India

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All India Institutes of Medical Sciences

Autonomous Indian public medical institute group

2008 Noida double murder case

Unsolved murders of teenage girl and domestic worker

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