When he was shifted to Punjab, his one apparent quality was his dashing personality. A tall Jatt Sikh accustomed to heavy drinking is not unusual for Punjabis but he would be the first to reach the spot of an encounter (fake or genuine) in the morning. K.P.S. Gill was the Supercop who restored legitimacy of the instruments of the state that had become irrelevant. He combined political tools with police methods to win the war in competitive terrorism. However, the supercop ended up as a villain.