Arun Kumar Sinha, chief of SPG that handles PM’s security, dies at 61
Special Protection Group (SPG) chief Arun Kumar Sinha passed away at a private hospital in Gurugram on Wednesday.
Arun Kumar Sinha, the Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), died on Wednesday at a private hospital in Haryana's Gurugram.
He was serving as the SPG chief since 2016 and was in charge of the security of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former prime ministers. He was recently given an extension in service.
The 61-year-old officer was undergoing treatment for liver-related diseases in the past few months.
Sinha was a 1987 batch Kerala cadre IPS Officer. Before he was appointed as the SPG head, Sinha was the Additional Director General of police (Special Service and Traffic) in Kerala.
Just a day before Sinha's retirement as the SPG chief on May 30 this year, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), led by PM Modi, had approved the proposal to re-employ him for one more year.