Overview

• FIR No. 156 was lodged late Thursday under BNS Section 108 read with 3(5) and Section 3(1)(r) of the SC/ST Act, with police saying it is based on the officer’s ‘final note’ and that investigation is underway.
• The note, described by family as a dying declaration, alleges years of caste-based harassment by senior officials and references Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya among others.
• Amneet P. Kumar wrote to the Chandigarh SSP saying the FIR’s accused column reads “as per final note,” requested that all individuals named in the note be explicitly listed, and sought application of stronger SC/ST provisions such as Section 3(2)(v).
• The National Commission for Scheduled Castes took suo motu cognisance and asked Chandigarh authorities for an action-taken report within seven days.
• Post-mortem had been withheld at the family’s request; authorities have approved shifting the body to PGIMER for autopsy as the probe continues.