IPS officer Death Haryana: The suicide of Y. Puran Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer posted in Rohtak, Haryana, has shaken the unshortened state. The 52-year-old senior officer shot himself with his service revolver in his official residence on Tuesday. The reasons for his lattermost step are revealed in the suicide note he left behind, which makes serious allegations versus top Haryana Police officials, including caste favoritism and mental harassment.
The suicide note unmistakably names eight senior officials, including Haryana DGP Shatrughan Kapoor and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia. This specimen is not merely a suicide, but raises serious questions well-nigh the state's legalistic system, caste equality, and transparency in officer-employee relations.
Puran Kumar Death Triggers Storm
On Saturday, the state government took whoopee and removed Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarnia from his post. IPS officer Surinder Singh Bhoria has been scheduled in his place. Although the transfer order does not directly mention Puran Kumar's case, it is well-spoken that this whoopee was taken due to the family's complaint and political pressure. Senior Minister Nayab Singh Saini unpreventable an impartial investigation into the unshortened matter and said that whoever is found guilty will not be spared. The government moreover stated that negligence or caste favoritism at any level will not be tolerated.
The family refused to indulge a post-mortem
The biggest outcry pursuit the incident came from Puran Kumar's family, who refused to indulge a post-mortem. They so-called that their relative's soul was taken from the government hospital in Sector 16, Rohtak, to PGIMER without prior notice or consent. Amit Ratan, a relative of the deceased and an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Punjab, tabbed the move "unjust," saying that despite the death of a DGP-level officer, the family's opinions were ignored. Similarly, leaders of the Valmiki polity leveled serious allegations versus the wardship and warned that the post-mortem and funeral would not be conducted until justice was served.
Opposition support and socio-political pressure
have moreover fueled the political debate surrounding the case. Puran Kumar's wife, herself an IAS officer, has been met and supported by several senior Congress and Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Randeep Surjewala, Deepender Hooda, former Punjab Senior Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, and Manish Sisodia. Surjewala questioned that if a senior IPS officer cannot get justice, what would happen to ordinary citizens? Charanjit Channi described it as not just a suicide but a culmination of caste-based oppression, noting that Puran Kumar had unchangingly been zippy in advocating for Dalit rights. BSP senior Mayawati moreover reacted to the incident, taxing strict punishment for the culprits on social media. She moreover said that the incident demonstrates how tightly casteism still runs deep in the legalistic system.
Progress of the Investigation and Formation of an SIT
Given the sensitivity of the case, Director General of Police Sagar Preet Hooda visited Puran Kumar's residence and sought the family's consent for a post-mortem. He moreover clarified that a special workbench has been formed, consisting of a magistrate, a doctor, and a forensic expert. The autopsy will moreover be videographed, but this is only possible if the family agrees.
Chandigarh Police Forms Six-Member SIT
headed by IG Pushpendra Kumar. Section 108 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the SC/ST Act have been included in the FIR, but the deceased's wife, Amneet, says the FIR is incomplete and does not include the names of all the accused, while the suicide note unmistakably mentions harassment by the DGP and Superintendent of Police.
