Special Protection Group Chief Arun K Sinha dead

Special Protection Group (SPG) Director Arun Kumar Sinha died at a Gurugram hospital on Wednesday. He was 61.

A 1987 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer, Sinha was granted a one-year extension in service on May 31.

He had been admitted to a multi-speciality hospital in Gurugram for treatment some days ago, sources said.


The SPG provides the prime minister proximate armed security cover. Sinha, who was designated to serve as the head of the SPG "on contract basis" till May 31, 2024, in the rank and pay of director general of police, had been appointed SPG chief in March 2016 as its 12th director.