'Shocking': Sonia writes to Haryana IPS widow; flags bias against social justice

NEW DELHI: Congress parliamentary enactment chairperson Sonia Gandhi connected Friday wrote to Amneet Kumar, woman of elder Haryana IPS Y Puran Kumar, who died by termination astatine his Chandigarh authoritative residence. In his termination note, Puran Kumar named 16 elder IAS and IPS officers successful his note, alleging harassment and holding them straight liable for his determination to instrumentality the utmost step.Sonia Gandhi called the incidental "a grim reminder that adjacent the highest officers successful work are not immune to the prejudiced and biased cognition of those successful powerfulness — an cognition that continues to contradict galore the ideals of societal justice"."The quality of the tragic demise of your husband, elder IPS serviceman Shri Y. Puran Kumar, is some shocking and profoundly saddening. In this hr of immense pain, I widen my heartfelt condolences to you and your full family," the ex-Congress president wrote."I commune that successful this hard time, the Almighty gives you strength, courage, and comfort," the Congress Rajya Sabha MP wrote, adding: "On this way of justice, I, on with millions crossed the nation, basal firmly with you."

Puran Kumar, who held the fertile of further manager wide of constabulary (ADGP), reportedly changeable himself astatine his authorities accommodation. The Chandigarh Police rushed to the spot aft receiving the accusation and person cordoned disconnected the area.

The limb utilized successful the incidental was recovered, and forensic teams arrived on-site for examination.Amid increasing unit pursuing Puran's decease by suicide, the Haryana authorities replaced Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijraniya with Surinder Singh Bhoria, officials said connected Saturday.On Wednesday, sources told TOI that the authorities authorities is besides considering sending Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur connected agelong leave, and whitethorn adjacent name an “officiating DGP” to defuse the mounting hostility wrong the constabulary ranks.Chandigarh Police, 2 days aft Kumar’s decease (on Thursday), registered an FIR (No. 156) astatine Sector 11 constabulary station, based connected his eight-page termination note.The government’s determination to reshuffle cardinal constabulary posts follows increasing outrage wrong the civilian and constabulary services, arsenic good arsenic demands from the nationalist for accountability and transparency successful the probe.Puran Kumar's enactment named 8 elder IPS officers, including DGP Kapur and SP Bijraniya, alleging harassment and attempts to malign him.The lawsuit has been registered nether charges of abetment to termination and applicable provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Kumar’s wife, 2001-batch IAS serviceman Amneet P Kumar, has demanded the suspension and apprehension of each officials mentioned successful the note.She personally handed implicit her ailment to main curate Nayab Singh Saini erstwhile helium visited their Sector 24 residence successful Chandigarh astir 12.30 p.m. connected Thursday.The main curate stayed for astir 45 minutes, offering condolences and joining the household successful prayer.In her letter, Amneet alleged that the officers named successful her husband’s termination enactment were liable for “harassment, humiliation, and intelligence torture” starring to his death. She said the enactment should beryllium treated arsenic a dying declaration and urged authorities to enactment swiftly to forestall interference oregon tampering with evidence.She besides sought imperishable information for her family, peculiarly their 2 daughters, citing “serious menace and intelligence distress.”The officer’s household reportedly refused to execute his past rites until “justice is served.”