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Kanwar Pal Singh Gill

Indian police officer

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born
1934
died
2017
age at death
83
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police officer

1934 – 2017

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Kanwar Pal Singh Gill 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.

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