NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to visit Chandigarh on Tuesday to meet the family of IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, who died by suicide on October 7.
The Congress party confirmed Gandhi’s visit on Monday, stating that he will arrive in the city around 5:30 p.m. to offer condolences and express solidarity with the grieving family.
Puran Kumar, a 2010-batch IPS officer posted in Haryana, was found dead at his official residence in Sector 11, Chandigarh. According to initial reports, he died by suicide using his service revolver. The incident took a serious turn when a suicide note allegedly written by Kumar named 14 officials, accusing them of mental harassment and caste-based discrimination.