Senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar was found dead at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh on Tuesday, in what police described as a case of suicide. An eight-page note recovered from the scene reportedly accuses several senior officers of “mental harassment” and a deliberate attempt to sabotage his career.
According to police, Kumar used his service revolver to take his own life, and his body was discovered in the basement by his daughter.
Sources said the officer had been distressed after his name surfaced in a bribery case lodged by a liquor contractor, allegedly without proper authorization from the state government. The FIR, registered by Rohtak Police earlier this week, alleged that Kumar’s aide, Sushil Kumar, demanded a bribe of ₹2.5 lakh in the officer’s name. Sushil Kumar has since been arrested, though the FIR naming the IPS officer has not been made public.
Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer, was recently transferred on September 29 to the Police Training College in Sunaria, Rohtak. He had previously served as Inspector General (IG) of the Rohtak Range. Born on May 19, 1973, he was an engineering graduate and was scheduled to retire in May 2033.
In his note, Kumar named ten senior officers — both serving and retired — accusing them of sustained psychological harassment and of conspiring against him. Sources indicate that these allegations may be linked to a corruption probe in Rohtak that Kumar had been supervising.
Earlier, Kumar had also written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini questioning the legality of certain IPS promotions, alleging they violated Union Home Ministry guidelines and were approved solely by the Finance Department.
The Chandigarh Police have launched an investigation and are verifying the claims made in the suicide note.
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