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Ending an impasse implicit the autopsy of Haryana IPS serviceman Y. Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed termination successful Chandigargh connected October 7, his household has fixed consent to behaviour his post-mortem examination, a constabulary authoritative said connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025).
The improvement came a time aft Chandigarh Police moved tribunal seeking absorption to Kumar’s household to place the assemblage for post-mortem.
The household of the deceased officer, including his woman and IAS serviceman Amneet P. Kumar, arrived astatine the PGIMER present connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) to place the assemblage and implicit different formalities, and the post-mortem volition beryllium conducted astatine Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) soon, the authoritative said.
On police’s plea, a section tribunal had issued a announcement to Kumar’s woman to record a reply either personally oregon done counsel connected October 15, failing which the exertion volition beryllium decided connected merit.
Inspector General Y. Puran Kumar, 52, allegedly changeable himself dormant connected October 7. However, a post-mortem could not beryllium conducted arsenic his household refused to springiness consent until enactment is taken against the Haryana officers who person been named successful a ‘final note’ of the deceased Dalit elder officer.
Chandigarh Police has constituted a six-member peculiar probe squad to probe the case.
Amid the Opposition’s onslaught and request from Kumar’s household for enactment against officers accused of harassing him, the Haryana authorities connected Tuesday sent DGP Shatrujeet Kapur connected permission and gave the further complaint of Haryana DGP to O.P. Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer.
Last week, it had transferred Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya. Kumar’s assemblage has been kept astatine the PGIMER.
On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), Chandigarh Police said it was constrained to attack a section tribunal for absorption to the household to travel guardant for recognition of the assemblage for the post-mortem.
Earlier, they requested the household done the investigating officer, the elder superintendent of constabulary and inspector wide of constabulary for the autopsy.
In a connection connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025), Chandigarh Police said that it is perfectly captious astatine this signifier that the post-mortem beryllium conducted astatine the earliest to sphere important forensic grounds and successful the involvement of justice.
Police had earlier said that a committee of doctors was constituted for the autopsy successful the beingness of enforcement magistrate, ballistic expert, toxicology expert, forensic expert, and fingerprint adept with arrangements made for videography and photography.
An eight-page ‘final note’ purportedly near down by Kumar accused 8 elder IPS officers — including Haryana DGP Kapur and now-transferred Rohtak S.P. Bijarniya — of “blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted intelligence harassment, nationalist humiliation and atrocities”.
Kumar’s woman had demanded that Kapur and Bijarniya beryllium named successful the FIR and arrested for alleged abetment of her husband’s suicide.
Meanwhile, adding a twist to the suspected termination of IG Puran Kumar, who served successful Rohtak, an adjunct sub-inspector successful the district, Sandeep Kumar, allegedly changeable himself dormant connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025), purportedly levelling corruption allegations against the precocious elder officer.
ASI Sandeep Kumar’s alleged termination came successful the backdrop of the escalating enactment implicit Puran Kumar’s death, which shook up the constabulary apical brass and raked up a governmental storm.
On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), Congress person Rahul Gandhi visited Puran Kumar’s household and called for the respect of each Dalits. He asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Haryana authorities to instrumentality contiguous enactment and apprehension the officials responsible.
After Puran Kumar’s death, respective governmental leaders cutting crossed enactment lines had been visiting the household astatine their Sector 24 residence to connection condolences.
Many Opposition leaders had been demanding enactment successful Puran Kumar's alleged termination case.
Members of respective Dalit outfits and immoderate absorption parties person staged protests astatine antithetic places successful Haryana, demanding strict enactment against the accused successful the case.
