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Chandigarh SIT Adds Harsher SC/ST Charge as Family, Dalit Groups Issue 48-Hour Ultimatum in Haryana IPS Death

A standoff over the autopsy persists because the family is withholding consent pending arrests.

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Overview

  • Chandigarh Police confirmed the FIR now invokes Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act, a provision that can carry life imprisonment when the linked IPC offence is punishable by 10 years or more.
  • A six-member SIT led by IG Pushpendra Kumar has sought Rohtak case records from Haryana Police and asked the officer’s wife to identify the body to enable a postmortem examination.
  • A 31-member committee held a mahapanchayat in Chandigarh and gave authorities 48 hours to remove DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and arrest him and former Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, warning of wider protests.
  • The officer’s body remains at PGIMER as the family refuses postmortem and last rites until arrests are made, and they rejected reported offers including brief leave for the DGP and a DSP post for the elder daughter.
  • Haryana has transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, and political outreach intensified as leaders such as Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to the family and the Governor visited to offer condolences.