Ajit Singh (police officer)

Ajit Singh (10 October 1945 – 7 May 1991) was an Indian Police Service officer who was killed in an encounter with militants in 1991 in Punjab, India. A 1968 batch officer, he was Deputy Inspector General of Police, Border Range, Amritsar at the time of his death. Ajit Singh served in Indian Army before joining Indian Police Services.^[1] He was awarded Vir Chakra.

His younger son Ajinder Singh (PPS) is also serving as a senior official in Punjab Police as Superintendent of Police.