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CBI director elected Interpol vice-president

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Defeats Andrew Hughs, police chief of Fiji

NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation director U.S. Misra was on Wednesday elected vice-president of Interpol, the international police organisation headquartered in Lyon, France.

Mr. Misra defeated Andrew Hughs, Commissioner of Police, Fiji, by 53 votes in the election held on the concluding day of the Interpol General Assembly in Berlin. His election to the 184-member body is being described as a major achievement for India. As vice-president representing Asia, Mr. Misra will have a one-year term.

P.C. Sharma, former CBI director, was elected vice-president in 2003 for three years but he resigned recently necessitating the election. Mr. Sharma is now a member of the NHRC..

Mr. Misra has 37 years of experience in various areas of policing, ranging from criminal investigation, policy formulations to management. In his Berlin speech, he promised to strive to make Interpol pro-active and responsive in collection, analysis, collation and dissemination of intelligence.

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