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Chandigarh, October 11 (IANS) After days of “controversy” over “caste-based harassment”, Haryana Inspector General of Police Y. The body of Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver at his Chandigarh residence on October 7 and left a “last note”, was shifted to the PGI here for autopsy on Saturday.
The victim’s body was shifted from the Government Multi Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in the morning.
Chandigarh Director General of Police (DGP) Sagar Preet Hooda told the media that the post-mortem will be conducted at PGI.
A board of doctors, a forensic expert and a magistrate will be present during the postmortem investigation. Videography will be done.
“The postmortem will be conducted only with the consent of the family,” he clarified.
Suspense still persists over the funeral.
The victim’s wife and senior Haryana cadre bureaucrat Amneet P. Kumar has sought justice for her husband in a letter to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
The letter, which was declared urgent and confidential two days ago, expressed grief over what she called a “gross injustice” and “complete administrative inaction” more than 48 hours after her husband’s death.
A day earlier, Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sumita Mishra met the victim’s family and tried to convince them to consent to the post-mortem examination and perform the last rites.
Citing Puran Kumar’s suicide as a result of caste-based exploitation and oppression, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati posted on Instagram, “This is an extremely sad and serious incident, which is especially shameful for a civilized government and proves how deep-rooted casteism remains, especially in governance and administration, despite many claims to the contrary, and how governments are failing to curb it. In fact, this is a more serious matter.” Is. Of the intention and policy of the government.”
He demanded a time-bound, independent and impartial investigation into the incident and strict punishment to the culprits.
In a nine-page “suicide note”, Puran Kumar allegedly accused nine serving IPS officers of Haryana Police, one retired IPS officer and three retired IAS officers of “caste-based discrimination”.
The serving officers included DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya.
After the first information report (FIR) was filed in connection with Puran Kumar’s death, his family and friends said that despite the recovery of the signed “last note”, charges have still not been added under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and sections related to abetment of suicide.
He also alleged that the officers whom Puran Kumar had accused in his “note” were not named in the FIR.
His wife Amneet Kumar alleged that the death was the result of “systematic harassment”.
Puran Kumar’s wife also wrote to Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kaur, questioning the “incomplete information” in the FIR and demanding it be corrected “to accurately reflect the names of all the accused”.
He said that “weak sections of the SC/ST Act” have been added to the FIR and it needs amendment.
The crime took place in Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, and the Chandigarh Police is investigating the case.
Haryana officials representing the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, led by Delhi-posted Resident Commissioner D. Suresh, met senior Chandigarh Police officials and demanded an impartial and time-bound investigation into the matter.
Chandigarh Director General of Police (DGP) Sagar Preet Hooda on Friday formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the suicide.
As per the orders of DGP Hooda, the SIT has been formed to investigate the FIR registered under relevant sections of the Indian Justice Code (BNS) and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The SIT will be headed by IGP Pushpendra Kumar, with SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, SP (City) KM Priyanka, DSP Charanjit Singh Virk, SDPO (South) Gurjit Kaur, and Inspector Jaiveer Singh Rana as members.
The SIT will collect evidence, interrogate witnesses, seek expert opinion and prepare a final report in a time-bound manner.
Although the DGP did not mention the deadline for the SIT to submit its report, he stressed that “given the seriousness of the case, the investigation should be prompt, fair and comprehensive”.
–IANS
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