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Chandigarh, October 14 (IANS) Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujit Kapoor has been sent on leave amid the suicide controversy of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
Chandigarh Police arrested Haryana IPS officer Y. A first information report (FIR) has been filed taking cognizance of the “last note” left by Puran Kumar, who allegedly died by suicide on October 7.
The FIR came hours after Puran Kumar’s wife and senior IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar lodged an FIR and sought the intervention of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to ensure the suspension and arrest of those named in the “final note” by her husband.
Puran Kumar’s wife has not yet given consent for the post-mortem of her husband’s body, saying “powerful, high-ranking officials of Haryana are involved in this case”.
Even after eight days of suicide, the body is lying in the mortuary. The standoff continues between Puran Kumar’s wife and the state government over the arrest of DGP Shatrujit Singh Kapoor and ousted Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarania.
Even seven days after the ‘suicide’ of the IPS officer, the body is kept in the mortuary.
In rapidly changing political developments, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Tuesday pay his condolences at the residence of the late IPS officer in Chandigarh.
State opposition leader Bhupendra Hooda described the death as extremely heartbreaking and said, “Our only demand is that the culprits should be punished. It is the responsibility of the government to provide justice. The government should not shy away from its responsibility.”
Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission on Monday took strict action and expressed dissatisfaction over the report of Chandigarh Police in the suicide case. According to the police report, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed and the investigation is currently underway.
Expressing dissatisfaction over the report, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission Chairman Jasvir Singh Garhi directed Chandigarh Police officials to proceed as per the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Lalita Kumari versus State of Uttar Pradesh. Garhi directed them to take immediate action and arrest 14 persons named in the suicide note of the deceased officer.
He further said that the submitted report does not include a copy of the First Information Report (FIR), making it unclear whether an FIR has been registered against the 14 officers mentioned in the suicide note.
–IANS
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