The Punjab Police on Sunday joined the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Delhi Police in presenting a joint Guard of Honour as the mortal remains of Punjab’s former Director General of Police (DGP) Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, were consigned to the flames in New Delhi with full police honours.
As Gill’s son and daughter jointly lit the pyre, the three police forces did the honours as a mark of respect to the man credited with ridding Punjab of terrorism and restoring the state to peace.
Punjab’s DGP Suresh Arora laid the wreath, even as the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval paid respects on behalf of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Bharat Inder Singh Chahal represented the Punjab government at the cremation, while the Chief Minister’s political secretary Karan Pal Singh Sekhon laid the wreath on behalf of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
A large number of political and other dignitaries, as well as IPS officers, were among the people from various walks of life who paid homage to the former Punjab DGP.
Prominent among them were All India Anti-Terrorist Front’s chairman Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Punjab DGPs AK Pandey, and Hardeep Singh Dhillon, the state’s former DGPs Sarbdeep Singh, and SK Sharma.
ADGP Dinkar Gupta, ADGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, ADGP Ishwar Singh, IG Arpit Shukla, IG Amar Singh Chahal, IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal, IG Nanya Gautam, IG Ishwar Singh, AIG Harpreet Singh Sandhu, Prof Sarup Singh, Dr Narinder Singh and former Captain of Indian Hockey Team Dhanraj Pillay were among those who paid their respects to the departed soul.
Gill, who served as CRPF Director General besides holding the important post of Punjab DGP, was also Advisor (Security) to the Government of Chhattisgarh for a year in 2006-07.