Since Wednesday morning, a heavy police presence has been maintained at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, where the body of late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar lies at the Advanced Anatomy Centre (AAC).

Security was visibly tightened with IGP Pushpendra Kumar, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, Sector 11 SHO Jaiveer Rana, and PGI Police Post in-charge Babita personally overseeing the arrangements. Both the entry and exits towards the AAC are barricaded.

The family of the deceased officer — his wife Amneet P Kumar and their daughters — arrived at the PGI to identify the body and complete the post-mortem formalities.

The move follows the family’s consent, after a prolonged standoff over shifting of the body from Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16

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