Jammu, Dec 30: Former Additional Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, SS Ali, passed away Sunday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at New Delhi after brief illness.
 Various political leaders, bureaucrats and police officers condoled the demise and expressed sympathies with the bereaved.
 In a statement, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs Abdur Rahim Rather expressed his sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed for peace to the departed soul.
 Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir and Minister of State for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani also expressed their condolences.
 Paying tributes to Ali, Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Prasad recalled the significant contribution of the former Additional Director General of Police to the State Police.
 He observed that the deceased during his entire service career in the state at various positions “left an indelible mark of efficiency and honesty.”
 Additional Director General of Police, Armed, Law and Order, K Rajendra, who in Hyderabad, also paid rich tributes to the deceased colleague and conveyed his sympathy to the bereaved family. 
 Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Devender Singh Rana condoled the sad demise of SS Ali, saying he was a “people’s policeman who had great qualities of head and heart.”
  Describing Ali as a brilliant policeman, Rana said he was a kind-hearted man, very cultured, civilized and committed to his duty.
 He recalled Ali’s contribution to the improvement of traffic management system in Jammu in early nineties and the activism that he instilled in the Home Guard and Civil Defense wing of the J&K Police.
 Rana, an official spokesman said, spoke to Ali’s daughter and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

Lastupdate on : Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 IST