Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema demands independent probe into Dalit IPS officer’s suicide

Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday demanded an independent judicial probe into the alleged suicide of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.

In a post on his social media platform X, Cheema, said that incidents like a shoe thrown at the country’s Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the alleged death by suicide of the IPS officer indicated that “atrocities against Dalits under the BJP rule had crossed every limit.”

“Atrocities against Dalits under BJP rule have crossed every limit- from Chief Justice of India being attacked to now a senior IPS officer driven to suicide. This is oppression. We demand an independent judicial inquiry. BJP will pay for this injustice,” wrote Cheema adding the hashtag Dalit Lives Matter.

Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal expressed dee