IPS Officer's Suicide: Haryana DGP Named in FIR, Pressure Mounts on Govt

This special report focuses on the alleged suicide of senior Dalit IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar in Haryana, which has sparked a major political controversy and put the Nayab Singh Saini government under pressure. Congress MP Varun Choudhury, after meeting the family, stated, 'it is a very sorry state of affairs that after more than 75 years of our Constitution running the nation and still atrocities are being done on the seduced [sic] caste people at any level.' The family alleges harassment and caste-based discrimination by senior police officers, including Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, who has been named in the FIR. Demands from the family and opposition include an impartial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge, adding relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to the FIR, and the immediate removal of the DGP to ensure a fair investigation.