FIR registered over ASI Sandeep Lather’s death; CM Nayab Saini, Opposition leader Hooda express condolences

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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini meets the household  of the deceased ASI Sandeep successful  Rohtak.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini meets the household of the deceased ASI Sandeep successful Rohtak. | Photo Credit: ANI

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A archetypal accusation study was registered connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) successful transportation with the alleged termination of Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Lather connected Tuesday, accusing the precocious IPS serviceman Y. Puran Kumar and his household of corruption, officials said. The lawsuit was registered a fewer hours aft Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini met with the household astatine Ladhot colony during the time and assured them justness and each imaginable assistance.

After registration of the case, the family gave its consent for post-mortem and agreed to execute the past rites of the deceased policeman connected Thursday day astatine his autochthonal municipality Julana. The assemblage was shifted to the PGIMS, Rohtak, precocious successful the evening for the post-mortem, which is apt to beryllium conducted by a committee of doctors connected Thursday morning.

Lather, posted astatine the Rohtak Police Cyber Cell, had ended his beingness aft making allegations of corruption against Puran and his household successful a four-page enactment and video. He is survived by his woman and 3 children, including 2 daughters.

IPS serviceman Puran, who held the station of Inspector-General, Police Training Centre successful Rohtak’s Sunaria, had killed himself successful his Chandigarh residence connected October 7.

Rohtak Police spokesperson confirmed the registration of the FIR, but refused to remark connected its contents. However, a root privy to the parleys with the deceased policeman’s family, claimed that 4 persons, including the precocious IPS officer’s woman and elder IAS serviceman Amneet. P. Kumar, his brother-in-law and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amit Amit Rattan and Puran’s idiosyncratic information serviceman (PSO) Sushil Kumar, already successful jailhouse successful an extortion case, were named successful the case. Lather’s woman is the complainant.

The root said the authorities had besides agreed to the demands to assistance martyr’s presumption to the deceased and a authorities occupation to the adjacent of kin. Lather’s relative Sanjay, however, refused to remark connected this.

Earlier, Mr. Saini visited the household astatine the colony and paid his condolences. “Today (on Wednesday), upon reaching Ladhot (Rohtak), I met with the household members of the precocious ASI Sandeep Lather ji and shared successful their sorrow. I commune to God that He assistance bid to the departed psyche and springiness the household the spot to carnivore this symptom during this hard time. In this hr of grief, I assured the bereaved household of justness and gave the household members assurance successful due enactment and each imaginable assistance,” work a station connected the authoritative “X” relationship of Mr. Saini.

Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, besides reached Ladhot to explicit his condolences and demanded that the full occurrence involving 2 termination cases successful Haryana beryllium thoroughly investigated. “The authorities should behaviour this probe nether the supervision of a sitting High Court justice truthful that nary culprits are spared, and guiltless radical are not implicated,” helium stated. Indian National Lok Dal nationalist president Abhay Chautala besides visited the colony to wage his respects to the departed soul.

Besides the governmental leaders, a ample fig of locals from the neighbouring villages, too, turned up to wage their past respects to the policeman. Rajesh Dahiya, a nonmigratory of Nigana village, said helium knew Mr. Lather for past implicit a decennary and helium had travel crossed to him arsenic “honest” and “helpful” policeman. “He has made a ultimate sacrifice by laying down his beingness for the origin of information and justice,” said Mr. Dahiya.

Published - October 16, 2025 02:06 americium IST

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