Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, 52, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday. In what is believed to be a suicide note, he named nine serving Haryana Police IPS officers, a retired IPS officer, and three retired IAS officers, claiming he faced caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, targeted mental harassment, and administrative atrocities, a report by The Indian Express said.
Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, returned from an official trip to Japan on Wednesday and filed a police complaint seeking an FIR against Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya. She alleged a “well-planned conspiracy” to falsely implicate Kumar using fabricated evidence. Both Kapur and Bijarniya did not respond to calls or messages for comment.
A senior police officer denied the allegations, saying they were a reaction to the government’s “crackdown on corruption.”
What did the ‘suicide note’ say?
Chandigarh Police confirmed recovering a “will and final note” and said further investigation is underway. A senior officer stated that the note mentions Kumar’s issues with the administration and names senior Haryana Police officers, but the identities are being withheld during the ongoing inquiry.
In his eight-page note titled “Continued blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities by concerned senior officers of Haryana since August 2020 which is now unbearable”, Kumar described incidents of alleged mental and administrative torture. He claimed he was harassed for visiting a temple, denied sanctioned leave preventing him from meeting his father and was subjected to “malicious” proceedings.
Complaints and ignored requests
The 2001-batch IPS officer, posted as Inspector General at the Police Training Centre in Sunaria-Rohtak since September 25, claimed that he had repeatedly filed complaints and requests seeking fair treatment as an IPS officer. These included issues like leave approvals, allocation of official vehicles, official accommodation, and adherence to MHA rules for promotion and cadre management. According to Kumar, all his complaints were ignored and handled vindictively.
The case remains under investigation, with authorities examining both the suicide note and the allegations it contains.