Senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar committed suicide at his official residence in Chandigarh. The IPS officer, holding the rank of additional director general of police (ADGP), succumbed to a gunshot wound on Tuesday, October 7.

An eight-page suicide note recovered by police accuses several senior and retired officers of harassment and caste-based discrimination.

In his suicide note, Kumar named 10 officials, including Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur and IPS officers Amitabh Dhillon and Sanjay Kumar. His wife, senior IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, has filed a written complaint and is pushing for action.

As per the complaint, the IPS officer of the 2001 batch of the Haryana cadre faced “systematic humiliation, harassment, and caste-based discrimination” by s

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