Kanwar Pal Singh Gill

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Gill in 2005
Born(1934-12-29)29 December 1934
Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
Died26 May 2017(2017-05-26) (aged 82)
New Delhi, India
Alma materPanjab University (English)
Police career
CountryIndia
AllegianceIndian Police Service
Service years1958–1995[1]
Rank Director General of Police for Punjab and Assam
Director General of Central Reserve Police Force December 1990 - November 1991
AwardsPadma Shri (1989)
Other workAdministrator; founded the Institute for Conflict Management
Director General of Police, Punjab
In office
1988 – 1990
In office
1991 – 1995

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (29 December 1934 – 26 May 2017) was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He served twice as DGP for the state of Punjab, India, where he is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control.[2][3] While many see him as a hero, there are accusations that he and the forces under his command were responsible for "multiple cases of human rights violation", "in the name of" stamping out terrorism.[4][5][6] He was also convicted in a sexual harassment case.[7] Gill retired from the IPS in 1995.[8]

Gill was an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism, and served as president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).

  1. ^ "'Supercop' K P S Gill passes away at 82". Rediff.com. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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  5. ^ "A mockery of justice: The case concerning the "disappearance" of human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra severely undermined". Amnesty International. 20 July 1999. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  6. ^ Singh, Jangveer (17 February 2005). "K.P.S. Gill visited Khalra in jail, says witness : Recounts tale of police brutality before his 'murder'". The Tribune. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Watch: Rupan Deol Bajaj talks about the sexual harassment case she won against KPS Gill". Scroll. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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