CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar. Amneet had accused police of "diluting" the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST Act - which carries a minimum six-month jail term, extendable to five years - instead of Section 3(2)(v), which provides for life imprisonment if the offence is motivated by caste. Puran Kumar, 52, a 2001-batch Haryana cadre officer, was found dead at his Chandigarh home on October 7. 16 senior IAS, IPS officers mentioned in 'suicide note' Accepting the demand of Amneet Kumar, wife of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar who allegedly die

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