Overview

• Puran Kumar’s post-mortem at PGIMER, Chandigarh, was conducted by a medical board with videography and a ballistic expert present, with cremation planned for later on Wednesday.
• Chandigarh Police registered an FIR citing abetment to suicide and provisions of the SC/ST Act and formed a six-member Special Investigation Team to lead the probe.
• The Haryana government sent DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave and shifted Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, with O P Singh given additional charge of DGP.
• Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar was found dead in Rohtak a day earlier, leaving a purported video and note alleging corruption by the late officer, claims that remain unverified and under investigation.
• Family members, who had initially withheld consent for the autopsy, relented after official assurances, as political leaders and Dalit groups pressed for swift, impartial action.