Chandigarh, October 10 — The Chandigarh Police on Friday set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged suicide of senior Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, three days after the 2001-batch officer was found dead at his Sector 11 residence.
The SIT, headed by Inspector General Pushpender Kumar, has been directed to conduct a “thorough and impartial probe” into the case, which has triggered outrage over allegations of caste-based harassment by senior police officials.
The move follows the registration of an FIR on Thursday evening under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The FIR was based on a “final note” reportedly written by the officer, naming Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur, Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, and nine other serving and retired officials for allegedly harassing and maligning him.
Chandigarh DGP Sagar Preet Hooda said the SIT was being formed “in view of the gravity and sensitivity of the allegations.” He added that the team has been asked to ensure a “prompt, impartial, and comprehensive investigation.”
The SIT includes SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, SP (City) KM Priyanka, DSP (Traffic) Charanjit Singh Virk, SDPO (South) Gurjit Kaur, and Sector 11 SHO Inspector Jaiveer Singh Rana. It has also been authorised to include other officers or experts if required.
The team will collect evidence, record witness statements, and obtain expert opinions before preparing a final report “in a time-bound manner.” However, no specific deadline has been set for completion of the probe.
Meanwhile, the officer’s wife, Haryana IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, wrote to SSP Kanwardeep Kaur on Friday morning, objecting to what she termed “incomplete information” in the FIR. She urged police to amend the report “to accurately reflect the names of all accused” mentioned in her husband’s final note and to correct what she called “diluted sections” of the SC/ST Act added to the case.
The family has also refused to allow the post-mortem examination to be conducted, maintaining their objections until the FIR is amended. The 52-year-old Dalit officer was found dead on October 7 in the basement of his residence, allegedly by suicide.
The case has drawn sharp attention across political circles and police departments, with demands for accountability and a judicial inquiry into what colleagues have described as systemic caste-based discrimination within the Haryana Police.
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