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Haryana IPS Officer Y Puran Kumar Found Dead at Chandigarh Home in Apparent Suicide

Investigators focus on forensic findings to assess whether recent postings or documented grievances provide context.

Y Puran Kumar was last posted as Inspector-General of Police, Police Training Centre, Sunaria in Rohtak | By Special Arrangement
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Overview

  • Police received a report around 1:30 pm and recovered the service revolver as CFSL and forensic teams examined the Sector 11 residence.
  • Kumar’s body was found by his daughter in the basement and moved to Chandigarh’s Sector 16 hospital for a post-mortem.
  • Officers said no suicide note has been found and statements from family members and household staff are being recorded.
  • His wife, senior IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, was in Japan with a delegation led by the Haryana chief minister and is expected to return on Wednesday.
  • The 2001-batch officer had recently taken charge as IG at the Police Training Centre in Sunaria and had a documented history of complaints over postings, promotions and alleged caste-based discrimination.