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Haryana IPS officer's 'suicide' case: DGP Shatrujeet Kapur sent on leave, media advisor to CM Rajiv Jaitly confirms.

Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur was placed on leave after IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's alleged suicide citing caste-based discrimination and harassment by senior police officials.

  • On October 14, 2025, Haryana Director-General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur was placed on leave following the alleged suicide of IPS Y Puran Kumar on October 7.
  • In his final note, Y Puran Kumar accused senior officers including Shatrujeet Kapur and Narendra Bijarniya of caste-based harassment and professional victimisation.
  • The deceased officer's family has withheld post-mortem consent, leaving the body in a mortuary for eight days, while Chandigarh Police registered an FIR and formed a Special Investigation Team.
  • On October 14, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to meet the family as a 31-member 'Justice for Y. Puran Kumar' committee issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding action, prompting political pressure.
  • Haryana's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Krishan Kumar Bedi said Sunday, `His family has been assured that the entire Cabinet stands by it. We have already transferred the Rohtak SP at the instance of the family. A detailed probe is underway`.
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