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Dear Members of the Corps of Signals fratenity,
With grief we are posting details of our colleagues who leave for their heavenly abode. We request members to forward their "shradhanjali". Kindly share with us the photographs, fond memories and association.
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    • Thursday, July 28, 2011

    Brig GS Sidhu, AVSM

    Friday, 15 July 2011
    CHANDIGARH: Brig G S Sidhu, AVSM father of Kusumjit Sidhu, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab who died yesterday (14 July), after brief illness at the age of 88, was today cremated at Sector-25 cremation ground. Brig Sidhu is survived by his wife and three daughters.
    G S Brar Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister laid wreath on the mortal remains of Brig Sidhu on behalf of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Viswajit Khanna Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister laid wreath on behalf of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. D S Mangat Director, Public Relations Punjab also laid wreath. Daljit Singh Cheema Advisor to Chief Minister also laid wreath. Kusumjit Sidhu accompanied with her two sisters and Great Grandson lit the pyre.
    Dignitaries from all walks of life, senior serving and retired civil and police officers including Chief Secretary S C Agrawal attended the cremation.
    Prominent among those Civil and Police officers who were also present on the occasion included Rajan Kashyap, Former Chief Secretary, Tejinder Kaur, Gurjit Singh Cheema, NS Kang, R C Nayar, KJS Cheema, Suresh Arora ADGP, Gurinderjit Singh Sandhu, Jagpal Singh Sandhu, Anurag Verma, Sanjay Kumar, Vivek Partap, Gurdev Singh Sidhu, Deputy Commissioners from various districts and Senior serving and retired army officers from the unit of Brig Sidhu.
    Meanwhile, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh today condoled the death of Brig GS Sidhu, the father of Kusumjit Sidhu, the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab.
    In a condolence message to the bereaved family, Capt Amarinder said, he and his party stood by them in this hour of grief. He said, late Brig Sidhu was a great military officer who had imbibed great values among his children.
    Brig G.S.Sidhu father of Punjab CEO cremated- Punjab Newsline Network, Friday, 15 July 2011
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