CHANDIGARH: In a sensational “suicide” of an Inspector General and 2001-batch IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar with the Haryana Police, the Chandigarh Police on Thursday night registered a first information report (FIR) against the accused named in the suicide note. The accused include a DGP and one SP rank officers of Haryana.
The police said he shot himself with a service pistol and died on the spot. The officer left behind a nine-page “final note” that named 15 serving and former officers.
Chandigarh Police registered the FIR under Sections 108, read with 3 (5), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3(1) (r) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at the Sector 11 police station against those named in his “final note”.
Anguished over the non-registration of an FIR and arrest of those named in her husband's suicide note, Haryana cadre senior bureaucrat Amneet P. Kumar, in a letter to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, sought justice for her husband and senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Y. Puran Kumar, who allegedly shot himself dead on October 7.
The letter, marked urgent and confidential, expressed anguish over what she described as a "grave injustice" and "complete administrative inaction" even after more than 48 hours of her husband's death.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kumar, an IPS officer from the 2001 batch, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence in Chandigarh.
At a meeting, the IPS officer's widow told the Chief Minister that the family would not allow the post-mortem or perform the last rites of Kumar until an FIR is filed against those named in the suicide note and the related complaint.
She accused the Chandigarh Police of failing to register an FIR despite the presence of a detailed nine-page suicide note that, according to her, clearly names senior Haryana officials responsible for the officer's "harassment, humiliation and targeted mental torture."
Her letter expressed anguish over the community-wide sense of injustice with the death of a decorated officer and recipient of the President’s medal for meritorious service.
She described his death as a blow to thousands who saw the IPS officer as an emblem of empowerment and justice.
In a complaint to the Chandigarh Police on Wednesday, Amneet accused the state Director General of Police Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarnia of abetment of suicide.
She sought the registration of an FIR against both officers under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) and relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
In her letter, she demanded that the suicide note, titled “Final Note”, should be treated as a “dying declaration” under the law, demanding immediate legal action.
She said that the document and her accompanying written complaint disclose cognisable offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
"Despite the existence of a clear and detailed suicide note and a formal complaint, no FIR has been registered to date. This note constitutes a dying declaration and must be treated as crucial evidence demanding immediate legal action, " she wrote.
The IPS officer was reportedly perturbed over the inclusion of his name in a bribery case on the complaint of a liquor contractor without the permission of the state government.
The Rohtak Police on Monday registered an FIR based on a complaint by the liquor contractor, who alleged that Kumar's aide Sushil Kumar had sought a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh in the officer's name.
On September 29, Kumar was transferred to the Police Training College in Sunaria in Rohtak. Previously, he was posted as the Inspector General of Police (Rohtak Range). The contractor, in a complaint, had submitted the CCTV footage and audio recordings as evidence to substantiate his allegations.
Sources said the IGP was purportedly upset about including his name in the FIR. On Tuesday, soon after the crime, a 'will' and a 'final note' were recovered from Kumar's official residence.