Former CBI director Vijay Shankar passed away today, December 3, after a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He was 76. Shankar was admitted to a private hospital in Noida for some time. His family said that his mortal remains will be donated to AIIMS as per his last wish, as reported by news agency PTI.

Former CBI Director Vijay Shankar, aged 76, has died following a prolonged illness. Shankar, known for tackling major cases like Aarushi-Hemraj murder

Former CBI director Vijay Shankar who supervised the agency probe after it took over from the Noida police in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, gangster Abu Salem extradition and the Abdul Karim Telgi stamp paper scam, breathed his last on Tuesday ...

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 tenure.