KPS Gill, Ex-Punjab DGP Who Countered Khalistani Terrorism, Dead

KPS Gill – Punjab’s former Director General of Police (DGP) who is credited with countering Khalistani terrorism in the eighties and the nineties – passed away at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. He was 82.

Gill, who served twice as Punjab’s DGP, died after a sudden cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia. He retired from the IPS in 1995.

In 1989, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his work in civil service.

Most recently, he served as the president of the Indian Hockey Federation