Former tough cop KPS Gill passes away at 82
Chandigarh/New Delhi, May 26
Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill passed away in a Delhi hospital on Friday. He was 82.
Gill served twice as the DGP of Punjab and is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. The tough approach adopted by him to achieve the goal of ending militancy in Punjab, however, has people divided over whether he was a brave and brilliant security mastermind or a police officer who had little respect for the law and human rights.
Gill breathed his last at 2.55 pm at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on May 18 under the care of Dr DS Rana, head of the department of nephrology.
“He was suffering from end-stage kidney failure and significant ischemic heart disease. Gill had been recovering from peritonitis but died of a sudden cardiac arrest caused by cardiac arrhythmia,” Dr Rana said.
He received the Padma Shri in 1989 for his work in civil service.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences on Twitter and said Gill would be remembered for his service to the nation.
KPS Gill will be remembered for his service to our nation in the fields of policing & security. Pained by his demise.
