Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 11: The tragic alleged suicide of senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar on October 7 has escalated into a major political and social justice issue. The Inspector General reportedly shot himself with his service revolver at his Chandigarh residence, leaving behind a "final note."

On Saturday, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote to the officer's wife, senior Haryana bureaucrat Amneet P. Kumar, expressing her condolences and throwing her weight behind the family's fight for justice. Gandhi's letter stated that the incident "reveals that even the highest-level officers can be denied social justice on account of the discriminatory attitude and the preconceived notions of the powers that be," adding that "Crores of

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