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There was nary breakthrough successful the impasse implicit the autopsy of Haryana IPS serviceman Y. Puran Kumar connected Sunday (October 12, 2025), six days aft helium allegedly committed suicide, adjacent arsenic a 31-member committee formed to question "justice" for the deceased officer's household gave a 48-hour ultimatum to region authorities constabulary main Shatrujeet Kapur from his post.
The officer's household has refused to springiness its consent for a post-mortem introspection and cremation of the assemblage until its demands are addressed, though the Haryana authorities is making efforts to transportation Kumar's woman - elder IAS serviceman Amneet P Kumar serving successful Haryana - to agree.
In a related development, Chandigarh Police, which is conducting investigations into the alleged termination case, connected Sunday sent a petition missive to Amneet P Kumar, urging her "to travel guardant for recognition of the assemblage for the behaviour of the PME (post mortem) astatine the earliest, which is indispensable for a speedy investigation".
The Chandigarh Police has besides asked the Haryana authorities to supply documents required for the probe of the case.
Meanwhile, Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh connected Sunday met Kumar's household present to explicit his condolences.
Fifty-two-year-old Kumar, a 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, allegedly changeable himself dead astatine his Sector 11, Chandigarh, residence connected October 7.
In an eight-page "final note" purportedly near down by Kumar, helium named 8 elder IPS officers, including Haryana DGP Kapur and erstwhile Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya, for allegedly harassing and maligning his image.
He besides gave accounts of alleged harassment, including caste-based discrimination, by immoderate different officers successful the note.
Birjaniya was transferred arsenic the Rohtak SP connected Saturday.
Haryana Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Krishan Kumar Bedi connected Sunday expressed anticipation that the contented would beryllium resolved soon.
"His household has been assured that the full Cabinet stands by it and volition not let immoderate injustice. We person transferred the (Rohtak) SP astatine the lawsuit of the family. He (the SP) has not adjacent been allotted immoderate presumption (posting) yet. Discussion with the household is underway," Bedi told reporters present aft a gathering of the Haryana cabinet.
Bedi said 2 Cabinet ministers, including himself, on with Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, and Chief Principal Secretary to the main minister, Rajesh Khullar, met the household members connected Sunday.
"The authorities is engaged successful resolving each of their (Kumar's family) issues. A probe into the circumstances that led to this incidental is underway," helium said.
Meanwhile, the 31-member committee held a mahapanchayat astatine the Guru Ravidas Bhavan successful Sector 20 present connected Sunday and gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the Chandigarh medication and the Haryana authorities to region Kapur.
The Haryana DGP is 1 of the constabulary officers against whom the IPS officer's woman is seeking enactment for allegedly abetting his suicide.
"The Haryana DGP and the erstwhile Rohtak SP should beryllium arrested successful the matter. The Haryana authorities should region the authorities DGP from his post. We person fixed 48 hours to them aft which we volition determine the adjacent people of action," a spokesperson of the committee told reporters here.
The mahapanchayat witnessed unruly scenes aft erstwhile Haryana MP Raj Kumar Saini, who had floated his ain outfit a fewer years ago, allegedly made a arguable remark, which triggered an aggravated absorption from the gathering. Order was restored aft organisers appealed to support calm.
A connection was work connected behalf of the IPS officer's family, appealing for enactment successful their combat for justice.
A peculiar probe squad formed by Chandigarh Police to analyse the lawsuit has been successful Rohtak since Saturday for further inquiry.
"Letters person been sent to the Haryana authorities to supply documents required for the probe of the case," a Chandigarh Police serviceman said.
Kumar, who was past posted arsenic Inspector General astatine the Police Training Centre successful Rohtak's Sunaria, had allegedly faced harassment successful transportation with a bribery lawsuit involving a section caput constable.
The Rohtak constabulary had registered a lawsuit based connected a ailment by a section liquor contractor that the constable had demanded a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh successful Kumar's name. The constable was arrested precocious and is successful judicial custody.
Amneet P Kumar, successful a missive to Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwardeep Kaur, demanded that Kapur and Bijarniya beryllium named successful the FIR.
"As per my complaint, the names of the accused (1) Shatrujeet Kapur and (2) Narendra Bijarniya person not been entered successful the FIR, which was the trigger constituent for his (Puran Kumar's) suicide," Amneet said successful her plea.
In her ailment to Chandigarh Police connected Wednesday, she had sought an FIR against the duo nether Section 108 (abetment to suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and applicable provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, demanding their contiguous arrest.
Meanwhile, governmental leaders crossed enactment lines visited Kumar's residence to condole the decease and besides demanded that justness beryllium delivered to the family.
Prominent among the leaders were JJP's Ajay Chautala, Dushyant Chautala, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Punjab Cabinet curate Aman Arora and BJP MP Naveen Jindal.
The Aam Aadmi Party took retired candle marches astatine respective places successful Punjab, including Ludhiana, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Patiala, and Chandigarh, to question justness for the Kumar family.
