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Former Punjab DGP K P S Gill Passes Away At 82
Swarajya Staff
May 26, 2017, 04:43 PM | Updated 04:43 PM IST
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Former Director General of Police (DGP) for Punjab, Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (K P S Gill) passed away at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi today (26 May). He suffered a sudden cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia, as reported by ANI.
Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill passed away at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi,after sudden cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia pic.twitter.com/ue7KYfbDQZ
— ANI (@ANI_news) May 26, 2017
Doctors at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital say Gill was suffering from End Stage Kidney Failure and significant Ischemic Heart Disease, and had been recovering from Peritonitis.
Gill, who is credited with bringing the Khalistan terrorist movement under control in the 1980s. He joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1958 and began his career as Inspector General of Police in Assam.
With inputs from ANI.
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