On Tuesday night, the Inspector‑General of Police in Chandigarh, Y Puran Kumar, a 2001‑batch IPS officer, was found dead at his home, police said he had shot himself with his service pistol. His wife, Amneet P. Kumar, has written an urgent letter to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini demanding that police register an FIR against the 15 people named in the officer’s nine‑page “final note”, which she says shows harassment and even mental torture.
The Chandigarh Police filed an FIR under Section 108 of the Indian Penal Code – the law that deals with abetment of suicide – and under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The note, the police say, names senior Haryana officers, including the Delhi‑based director general and a superintendent in Rohtak, as the “culprits”. Amneet claims that the note is a “dying declaration” and that the police failed to take action even after eighteen hours.
Kumar’s death has triggered a wave of criticism. Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, posted on X that the “suicide” is a symptom of caste‑based discrimination in police hiring and promotion. He said the incident reveals “deepening social poison” that hurts ordinary Dalits. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has also opened a suo‑moto investigation and asked the Chief Secretary of Chandigarh and the DGP to send a report within a week.
The case took a new turn earlier this year when a liquor contractor accused Kumar’s aide of trying to bribe him with Rs 2.5 lakhs. The contractor’s complaint led to an FIR, and Kumar was transferred to a police training college in Rohtak. Some officers had been promoted to Deputy Inspector General with a retroactive date, while Kumar received the same rank “with immediate effect”, sparking allegations of unfair financial losses and promotions that bypassed central guidelines.
For the family, the story is still painful. Amneet has said the family will not allow post‑mortem or funeral rites until police act. She is pressing for justice, arguing that a decorated officer who earned the President’s medal for service did not deserve a “suicide” and that the truth must be uncovered. The police, meanwhile, say they are investigating the claim and have registered the FIR against those named in the note. The plot still thins – a police officer’s death that may uncover abuses of power, misuse of SC/ST laws, and the politics of promotion in India’s law‑enforcement system.
Source: ianslive
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