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Chandigarh Police Form SIT to Probe IPS Officer Y Puran Kumar’s Death After FIR Citing SC/ST Act

The team will examine abetment and caste-bias allegations detailed in his final note as the widow presses for explicit naming of accused and stronger charges.

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Overview

  • The FIR (No. 156/2025) was registered late Thursday under Section 108 read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act based on the officer’s final note.
  • The six-member Special Investigation Team, led by Chandigarh IGP Pushpendra Kumar, has been tasked with a prompt, impartial, time-bound probe, including evidence collection and witness examination.
  • The National Commission for Scheduled Castes took suo motu cognisance and issued a notice to Chandigarh’s Chief Secretary and DGP seeking an action-taken report within seven days.
  • Y Puran Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, has written to police alleging the FIR copy is incomplete, seeking clear listing of accused named in the note and the addition of stronger SC/ST provisions.
  • Post-mortem and last rites have been delayed as the family seeks legal steps; a PGIMER autopsy has been requested, while political leaders and Dalit groups call for accountability and swift action.