In a heartbreaking turn of events, senior Haryana IPS officer ADG Y Puran Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, has filed a formal complaint accusing two senior police officials — Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya — of abetment to suicide and systematic harassment that allegedly led to her husband’s death.
According to her complaint filed with Chandigarh Police, Amneet Kumar described the case not as a routine suicide but as the “systematic persecution of an honest Scheduled Caste officer” by powerful superiors who allegedly subjected him to years of humiliation and caste-based discrimination. She demanded the immediate arrest of the accused officers, stating that justice “must not only be done but seen to be done, even for the families shattered by the arrogance of the powerful.”
The Tragic Sequence
ADG Y Puran Kumar was found dead at his residence in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Tuesday, after reportedly shooting himself with his service revolver. A typed eight-page suicide note, signed by the officer, revealed his anguish over “relentless mental harassment, humiliation, and caste-based victimization” at the hands of senior officials.
He wrote, “I cannot bear this any longer. My only crime was honesty in service.” The note also detailed how repeated denials of promotions, false reports, and public humiliation had pushed him to despair.
Amneet Kumar, who was in Japan as part of a government delegation, rushed back to Chandigarh upon hearing the news. At the Sector 16 hospital, where her husband’s body awaited postmortem, she vowed through tears:
“I will get justice, whatever it takes.”
Wife’s Battle for Justice
After performing preliminary rites and meeting top police officials, Amneet lodged an FIR late that night against DGP Kapur and SP Bijarniya. She claimed her husband had repeatedly expressed fears of being falsely implicated in fabricated cases, a threat he believed was orchestrated by senior officers.
In her complaint, Amneet alleged that DGP Kapur emboldened the harassment by endorsing biased reports sent by SP Bijarniya, which damaged her husband’s career and reputation. She added, “This was not an act of despair, it was the result of years of institutional cruelty.”
Sources confirmed that Amneet refused to allow the postmortem until her daughter, currently in the US, returns on October 9, after which the final rites will take place.
Police and Administrative Response
Chandigarh Police has begun a formal investigation into the allegations. The suicide note has been sent to handwriting experts for verification, and senior officers, including Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and Punjab IAS officer Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, visited the family to offer condolences.
Meanwhile, SP Bijarniya maintained that his name was not mentioned as an accused in any pending investigation, asserting that “the complaint is being handled fairly by Chandigarh Police.”
A Larger Question for the System
The tragic death of a serving IPS officer — one described by his wife as “an honest man punished for his integrity” — has once again raised deep concerns about mental health, caste bias, and systemic injustice within the police and administrative services.
If the allegations prove true, this would mark another disturbing instance where institutional harassment drove a senior officer to take the extreme step.
As the investigation unfolds, one question lingers —
How can those sworn to uphold the law feel so unsafe within its very system?
(This is a web-generated report based on verified news sources and ongoing investigation updates.)
