Overview

• Chandigarh Police registered FIR No. 156 at Sector-11 station citing abetment to suicide provisions and SC/ST protections after IPS Y Puran Kumar’s note named 13 officials, including Haryana DGP Shatrugjit Singh Kapoor.
• The complaint by Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, underpins the case; investigators are examining mobile records and files as the probe continues.
• Kumar died by a self-inflicted gunshot in a sound‑proof basement using a pistol taken from his bodyguard, according to details reflected in the FIR narrative.
• A magnitude ~7.5 earthquake struck near Mindanao, prompting PHIVOLCS and international tsunami alerts warning of dangerous waves within 300 km, with no confirmed casualties in initial reports.
• Five people, including three children, died in an Ayodhya house blast that police say preliminarily appears to be a gas cylinder or pressure‑cooker explosion, as forensic teams work the site and rescue operations conclude; separately, PC Jeweller said DRAT Kolkata ordered showroom keys and inventory returned to the company after conditions were met, and Pakistan’s TLP protests triggered roadblocks, internet suspensions and terrorism cases against leaders including Saad Rizvi.