Overview

• Y Puran Kumar, 52, was discovered on 7 October with a gunshot wound in the basement of his Sector 11 Chandigarh home, with police saying he used his gunman’s revolver and recovering a will and a multi-page note at the scene.
• Chandigarh Police and CFSL teams seized the weapon and electronic devices and are recording statements from family and staff, with post-mortem and full forensic reports awaited.
• Media reports citing officials say the note names serving and retired Haryana officers and describes prolonged caste-based discrimination and harassment, which investigators are now examining.
• Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, returned from Japan and lodged a complaint seeking an FIR against Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, alleging a conspiracy to falsely implicate her husband.
• Separately, Rohtak police arrested head constable Sushil Kumar in a bribery case, alleging he sought ₹2.5 lakh in Kumar’s name and citing audio and video evidence, while no notice has been issued to the deceased officer in that probe.