Arun Kumar Sinha, the director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), passed away at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital . He was 61.

• A senior officer said Sinha was not well for the past few months and was being treated at the Medanta Cancer Institute.
• His family members are present in the hospital and other senior government officials and his batchmates have been informed about his death, added the official.
• Sinha, a Kerala cadre IPS officer of the 1987 batch, was the additional director general of police (Special Service and Traffic) in the state when he was asked in 2016 by the Centre to head the SPG, which handles the security of the Prime Minister 
• Sinha, a Kerala cadre IPS officer of the 1987 batch, was the additional director general of police (Special Service and Traffic) in the state when he was asked in 2016 by the Centre to head the SPG, which handles the security of the Prime Minister. Before he joined, there was no full-time chief of SPG for around 15 months.