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Chandigarh, October 11 (IANS) Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission on Saturday arrested Haryana ADGP Y. Took suo motu cognizance of Puran Kumar’s suicide case and sought a report from Chandigarh Director General of Police.
Commission Chairman Jasvir Singh Garhi said that the matter has come to his notice through the media, on which he has taken action and has directed the Chandigarh Director General of Police to submit a report on October 13 about the matter and the action taken so far on the suicide note and the complaint given to the Commission by his wife Amneet Kaur through an ADGP level officer.
Also, the Chairman of the Scheduled Caste Commission will visit the house of the victim’s family on October 13.
Meanwhile, Jai Narayan, spokesperson of the 31-member committee to get justice for Puran Kumar, told the media here that they formed this 31-member committee on Friday with prominent members from different areas to maintain the movement across Haryana.
“The government has not conducted any meaningful investigation and we demand that at least those responsible be fired, only then a post-mortem will be conducted,” he said.
Meanwhile, protests were held in Rohtak demanding the arrest of the accused in the suicide case. Inspector General Puran Kumar, who allegedly shot himself with his service revolver at his Chandigarh residence on October 7, has left a “last note”.
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.
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.
Meanwhile, the government has removed Bijarania from his post and replaced him with Surinder Singh Bhoria as Rohtak Superintendent of Police.
Currently no posting has been given in Bijarania. Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to the wife of the late Haryana IPS officer, saying the incident shows that even the highest level officers can be deprived of social justice due to discriminatory attitude.
He wrote, “The demise of Shri Y Puran Kumar shows that social justice can be denied even to the highest level of officials due to discriminatory attitudes and preconceived notions of powers that be. Crores of Indians stand with you in your fight for justice.”
–IANS
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