Chandigarh police on Thursday (October 9, 2025) registered an FIR in connection with the death of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar against accused mentioned in the 'note' left by the deceased, an official statement said on Thursday night.
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A 'note' had been left behind by Haryana Police officer Y Puran Kumar, who was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday. The note named "senior officers" from the state and detailed "mental harassment and humiliation" he allegedly faced over the past few years, according to 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 said in a brief statement.
When asked about the next course of action, a Chandigarh police official said, "We will investigate the allegations which have been levelled." The body of Kumar (52), a 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was recently posted as the inspector general of the Police Training Centre (PTC) in Rohtak's Sunaria, was found with a gunshot wound in a room at the basement of his Sector 11 house.
