Dalit organisations protested and blocked the national highway near Jalandhar bypass to seek justice for Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who recently died by suicide. They were demanding registration of a murder case against all police officials whose name figured in the suicide note.

On Wednesday morning, Dalit organisations, led by the Bharatiya Dharma Samaj (Bhavadhas), blocked the Jalandhar Bypass intersection. The Delhi-Amritsar National Highway-44 was also blocked for some time.

The protesters insisted on calling the Deputy Commissioner for submitting the memorandum. Meanwhile, SDM Jasleen Kaur Bhullar reached the spot and spoke with them but the protesters insisted on a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner. However, the SDM managed to convince them and fixed their meeting with

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