New Delhi: Former Punjab DGP Kanwar Pal Singh Gill died on Friday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. He was 82. Reason for his death is cardiac arrest.
Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said KPS Gill was suffering from end stage kidney failure and significant ischemic heart disease. He had been recovering from peritonitis.
Gill served twice as DGP of Punjab and is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control and retired from the IPS in 1995.
He received the Padma Shri in 1989 for his work in civil service.
Gill was also president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
