Controversial ex-police inspector Gurmeet Singh Pinky died at a non-public hospital right here on Wednesday, Punjab Police sources stated.

He was present process remedy for dengue, they stated.

Pinky, who was stated to be near many militants, grew to become a police informer to assist Punjab Police combat terrorism within the early Nineties. He was later inducted into the police pressure and rose to the submit of inspector.

He was credited with nabbing militant Jagtar Singh Hawara, who’s serving a life time period for the assassination of ex-Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.

Pinky was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006 for the homicide of Avtar Singh Gola in Ludhiana in 2001. Later, he was dismissed from service.

He was given a gallantry award in 1997 however the Centre withdrew it in 2015.

Pinky was prematurely launched from jail in 2014.

An issue erupted after it got here to mild that Pinky was re-appointed as head constable in 2015. His re-appointment was put aside a couple of days later.

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