A ‘notice’ had been left behind by Haryana Police officer Y Puran Kumar, who was discovered lifeless with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday. The notice named “senior officers” from the state and detailed “mental harassment and humiliation” he allegedly confronted over the previous few years, in line with sources.
“An FIR under Section 108 rw 3(5) (abetment of suicide) and 3 (1) (r) POA (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, has been registered against the accused mentioned in the final note. Further investigations is underway,” Chandigarh police mentioned in a quick assertion.
When requested concerning the subsequent plan of action, a Chandigarh police official mentioned, “We will investigate the allegations which have been levelled.” The physique of Kumar (52), a 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was not too long ago posted because the inspector basic of the Police Training Centre (PTC) in Rohtak’s Sunaria, was discovered with a gunshot wound in a room on the basement of his Sector 11 home.
His spouse, Amneet P Kumar, a senior bureaucrat within the Haryana authorities, sought Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s intervention on Thursday to make sure that an FIR is lodged towards these named within the ” note”.
Some Dalit teams and opposition events had additionally demanded motion within the matter.
In the night, Mr. Saini held a gathering with high officers of his authorities within the wake of sure developments associated to Kumar’s demise by suicide.
The sources mentioned the federal government may ponder some motion within the matter.
State DGP Shatrujeet Kapur, towards whom Amneet Kumar had sought motion in connection together with her husband’s suicide, additionally met the CM.
Amneet Kumar has additionally sought motion towards Rohtak SP.
The deceased officer, in his ‘notice’, levelled allegations towards many Haryana officers, which embrace 9 serving IPS officers and three retired IAS officers.
Known for his interventions in issues associated to the rights of officers and seniority, Puran Kumar was not too long ago posted because the Inspector General of the Police Training Centre (PTC) in Rohtak’s Sunaria.
His bureaucrat spouse, Amneet P Kumar, who rushed to Chandigarh from Japan, the place she was part of a Haryana authorities delegation, on Wednesday alleged that her husband’s demise was the results of “systematic persecution” by high-ranking officers.
Allegation of caste based mostly discrimination, focused psychological harassment
Sources mentioned that Kumar left an eight-page typed and signed ‘notice’, which he titled “Continued blatant caste based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities by concerned senior officers of Haryana since August 2020 which is now unbearable.” The notice alleges caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, focused psychological harassment, and atrocities the officer was subjected to, the sources mentioned.
Accompanied by senior bureaucrats, CM Saini went to the official residence of Amneet Kumar at Sector 24 right here within the afternoon, after coming back from a three-day official go to to Japan. Amneet Kumar had additionally accompanied the Chief Minister to Japan as a part of a delegation however needed to return on Wednesday on listening to the information of her husband’s demise.
After the assembly chaired by Mr. Saini within the night, representatives from numerous Dalit outfits met the Chief Minister at his residence.
They demanded that the federal government take motion within the matter as critical allegations have been levelled within the “note” left behind by the deceased officer, who was a Dalit, and a grievance given to police by his spouse.
There is anger among the many Dalit neighborhood, they instructed reporters after assembly Mr. Saini and mentioned whereas the Chief Minister has given sure assurances, the federal government ought to take concrete motion within the matter.
Earlier within the day, a memorandum was given to the chief minister by Amneet Kumar, wherein she sought the fast registration of an FIR, the suspension and arrest of the accused talked about within the notice” and a complaint that she later submitted to police, and lifelong security to the family “since highly effective, high-ranking officers of Haryana are concerned within the case”.
Amneet Kumar claimed in her police grievance on Wednesday that her husband’s demise was the results of “systematic persecution” by high-ranking officers.
Amneet Kumar has allegedly refused to offer permission for the autopsy of her husband’s physique until justice is delivered, the sources mentioned.
In the memorandum submitted to Mr. Saini, Amneet Kumar additionally demanded the fast suspension and arrest of “all accused persons to prevent interference, tampering with evidence or influence over the investigation” and sought a everlasting safety cowl for her relations, particularly her two daughters, who she mentioned are below critical risk and psychological misery.
Meanwhile, Puran Kumar’s “note” mentions a “mala fide generation of mischievous anonymous and pseudo-anonymous” complaints towards him, floated and processed by some officers for months collectively to publicly humiliate and embarrass him and thereby injury his repute, they mentioned.
Kumar, who comes from the Scheduled Caste neighborhood, named a number of officers who allegedly blatantly misused their official positions and authority, and compelled him to kill himself, in line with sources.
Despite complaints towards the officers, they weren’t investigated, the letter claims, sources mentioned.
The notice alleges that some officers left no stone unturned in harassing him by their “discriminatory, caste based mental harassment and humiliation in public view.” “… I thought over carefully and was convinced and I cannot bare this continued and concerted conspiracy to continue with caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, targeted mental harassment and atrocities any longer ,” it reads, in line with the sources.
He alleges {that a} top-ranking IPS officer from the state made sure feedback in his annual efficiency appraisal report for the interval ending March 31, 2024, which had been “factually incorrect, purely imaginary, unsubstantiated, loaded with his personal prejudice and in violation of principles of natural justice.”
Those in misery could contact Sanjivini, Society for Mental Health suicide prevention helpline 011-40769002.
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