India, Feb. 12 -- Former Delhi Police commissioner Ajay Raj Sharma passed away on Monday at 80 after battling for life in a Noida hospital for over two weeks.

A 1966-batch IPS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, Sharma was Delhi's police chief from July 1999 to June 2002 before serving as director general of the Border Security Force (BSF). He retired in 2004.

He is survived by his wife, Neerja, and their two sons, Gaurav Sharma, 53, and Yash Sharma, 52.

Remembered as a passionate officer and an avid sportsman, Sharma remained active until the day he was hospitalised.

His son Gaurav recalled that he had played golf the morning of January 24, visited Khan Market in the evening, and watched a tennis match before retiring for the night...