Kanwar Pal Singh Gill was in high spirits on New Year’s eve. A party was underwayat his home in Chandigarh. Assisted by the finest scotch, the bonhomie was tangible whenGill’s aide, Ajay Pandey, bounded in with a fax and a worried frown. After a cursoryglance, Gill waved it away. "Don’t worry," he said. "Not don’tworry, sir. Hurry," Pandey shot back. The fax put an abrupt end to Gill’s longinnings as DGP, Punjab.