Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed deep anguish over the death of senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, calling his suicide a tragic reflection of India’s worsening caste-based discrimination.

In a strongly worded post on Thursday, Gandhi said, “The suicide of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar is a symbol of the deepening social poison that is crushing humanity in the name of caste. When an IPS officer faces humiliation and injustice due to his caste, imagine what an ordinary Dalit must go through.”

He further linked the incident to a pattern of caste atrocities, citing the murder of Hariom Valmiki in Rae Bareli and what he described as the “insult” to the Chief Justice of India. “These incidents show that injustice against marginalised sections is at its peak,” he wrote, add

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