Haryana IPS officer’s death: Oppn. steps up heat on BJP govt., calls for impartial probe

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Policemen astatine  the location   of deceased Haryana IPS serviceman  Y. Puran Kumar successful  Chandigarh connected  Tuesday.

Policemen astatine the location of deceased Haryana IPS serviceman Y. Puran Kumar successful Chandigarh connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI

Opposition parties connected Thursday cornered the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities successful Haryana implicit the mediocre instrumentality and bid concern successful the aftermath of the alleged decease by termination of the Indian Police Service (IPS) serviceman Y. Puran Kumar adjacent arsenic his wife, Amneet Kumar, demanded the registration of an FIR against individuals named successful the enactment near down by the deceased officer.

Kumar, 52, was recovered dormant with a gunshot coiled astatine his Chandigarh residence connected October 7. The 2001-batch IPS serviceman was stationed arsenic Inspector General astatine the Police Training Centre (PTC), Sunaria, successful Haryana’s Rohtak.

In a ‘note’ near down by the officer, helium reportedly named aggregate elder constabulary officers and described incidents of intelligence harassment and humiliation spanning respective years, sources said. Ms. Kumar, who is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serviceman posted successful Haryana, has urged Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to intervene successful the substance and registry an FIR against each the individuals named successful the enactment near by her hubby arsenic good arsenic those successful her constabulary complaint. She placed her demands successful beforehand of the Chief Minister erstwhile helium visited her authoritative residence to connection condolences to the bereaved family.

Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, said Puran Kumar’s decease by termination symbolises the “deepening societal poison that is crushing humanity successful the sanction of caste”. “When an IPS serviceman has to endure humiliation and oppression due to the fact that of his caste – past imagine, successful what conditions an mean Dalit national indispensable beryllium living. The execution of Hariom Valmiki successful Raebareli, the insult to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and present Puranji’s decease - these incidents amusement that injustice against the deprived classes has reached its peak...,” helium said connected X.

Mr. Gandhi added, “The hatred and Manuvadi ideology of BJP-RSS person filled nine with venom. Dalits, tribals, backward classes, and Muslims are gradually losing anticipation for justice.”

Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress president and Leader of the Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha, said, “The BJP’s ‘Manuvadi’ strategy has go a curse for the SC, ST, OBC, and weaker sections of this country...”

Congress wide caput (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, successful a station connected X, said, “Under the BJP’s regularisation - from the highest justice of the onshore to a elder IPS serviceman to an anonymous young passerby successful Raebareli - arsenic agelong arsenic you are a Dalit, you volition look dehumanising and convulsive treatment.”

Call for impartial probe

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition successful the Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda demanded an impartial probe into the case. 

Jannayak Janta Party nationalist president Ajay Singh Chautala demanded a high-level enquiry into the matter, which helium described arsenic “extremely serious”.

Terming the BJP arsenic “anti-Dalit”, Indian National Lok Dal president Ajay Chautala demanded a high-level probe into the case.

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Published - October 10, 2025 12:26 americium IST

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