Former Punjab DGP K P S Gill passes away

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, May 26, 2017, 05:25 PM

Former Punjab DGP K P S Gill passes away

Punjab, May 26: Former Punjab DGP K P S Gill died Friday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) in Delhi. He died after suffering a cardiac arrest.

He was also suffering from end stage kidney failure and significant ischemic heart disease and had been recovering from peritonitis.

He was 82, Gill was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here after he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure and significant Ischemic Heart Disease.



The IPS officer had served twice as the DGP in Punjab before retiring from the force in 1995. He was subsequently appointed the president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).

Dubbed "supercop" by the media for his crackdown on Khalistani terrorists, Gill was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor, in 1989 for his work in the civil service.