Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill | |
|---|---|
Gill in 2005 | |
| Director General of Punjab Police | |
| In office 1988–1990 | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Director General of Central Reserve Police Force | |
| In office 19 December 1990 – 8 November 1991 | |
| Inspector General of Border Security Force in Jammu | |
| In office January 1984 – September 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1934 |
| Died | 26 May 2017 (aged 82) New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Panjab University |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
| Police career | |
| Department | Punjab Police Assam Police Central Reserve Police Force Border Security Force |
| Service years | 1958–1995 |
| Rank | Director General of Police in Punjab, Assam Director General of Central Reserve Police Force Inspector General of Border Security Force |
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Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (1934–2017) was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. For two terms he was Director General of the Punjab police force, and was credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. 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. He was also convicted in a sexual harassment case. Gill retired from the IPS in 1995.
Gill was also an author and editor, and was president of the Indian Hockey Federation for fifteen years, until a corruption scandal cost him his position.