His no-nonsense style of functioning-- earned him the sobriquet 'supercop' in Punjab

FORMER DGP KPS GILL VISITS PUNJAB POLICE HEADQUARTERS

CHANDIGARH, APRIL 3:
Mr. KPS Gill, Former Director General of Police, Punjab today paid a visit to Punjab Police Headquarters.
After demitting the office as DGP, Punjab this was Mr. Gill’s first visit to the Punjab Police Headquarters.

The Punjab DGP Mr. Sumedh Singh Saini, received former DGP Mr. Gill and he had an interaction with the senior officers of Punjab Police in the office of DGP. Mr. S.K. Sharma, ADGP, Law and Order, Mr. M.K. Tiwari, ADGP, Administration and Mr. Hardeep Singh Dhillon, ADGP, Intelligence was present on the occasion.

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Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (KPS Gill) served twice as Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab

• He retired from the Indian Police Service in 1995. He is an author, editor, speaker, consultant on counter-terrorism
• According to Indian Govt., he is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control.
• In 1989, he received a Padma Shri award, India's 4th-highest civilian honor for his work in the civil service
• He was president of the Institute for Conflict Management and president of the Indian Hockey Federation

In the Khalistan movement in Punjab, Amnesty International reported:

• Fom 1983 to 1994, when groups struggling to form an independent Sikh state, the police responded with a "crackdown", illegally detaining, torturing and killing "hundreds of young men".