Addressing the audience, Gill said some of his family members did not like his comments. He told reporters that while his family members had been reading newspapers, he had experienced the developments.
Gill had been appointed in May, 2002, as the security advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to bolster efforts to effectively check communal violence in the state.
Vijay Kumar Chopra, Editor-in-Chief of Punjab Kesari, lauded Gill's stint as DGP of Punjab and said he had "infused a new life in a lifeless police force".
(With PTI inputs)
