The Chandigarh Police today constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pushpendra Kumar to investigate the suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar at his Sector 11 house here on Tuesday.

The SIT was formed on the directions of Chandigarh DGP Sagar Preet Hooda amid growing pressure from the officer’s family and representatives of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, who have sought a fair and time-bound probe.

According to an official order, the SIT would conduct the probe into FIR no. 156/2025, registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at the Sector 11 (West) police station. Headed by the IGP, the team includes SSP (UT) Kanwardeep Kaur, SP (City) KM Priyank

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