Ferozepur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manminder Singh, 47, died after a massive cardiac arrest at his official residence on Saturday morning.
Police sources said the SSP was in his bedroom when he collapsed all of sudden around 10. His helper immediately informed a doctor.
He was shifted to local private hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Manminder is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. The cremation will take place at his native place in Jalandhar district on Sunday.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal condoled the untimely demise of the SSP. In a condolence message, the Chief Minister described Manminder Singh as a disciplined and dedicated Police officer. He said that the outstanding services rendered by him in various capacities during his service in Police force would be ever remembered by one and all.
Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh condoled the sudden and untimely death of the SSP and blamed the high level of stress faced by the police force in the state for the untimely death of an outstanding police officer, a statement criticized by Punjab BJP chief Vijay Sampla.
Condoling the death of Ferozepur SSP Manminder Singh, Sampla strongly castigated those jumping to indulge in partisan politics over the death of a brave officer even before his family has had time to grieve.
"Since when has partisan politics and allegation hurling become so important that certain politicians now do not shy away from using even the death of a serving officer to indulge in petty politics," Sampla said, referring to Punjab Congress' head Amarinder Singh's claim that the SSP died due to stress faced by police.
"At least at a time like this, public representatives can come together and stand by the bereaved family. It is a time to recognise the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make, whether in police or in other armed services. Instead, we have a senior politician of the Congress issuing statements that the deceased officer could not stand the stress of the work. It is a shame that he chose the day of grief to say something so mean," Sampla said in his statement.