A day after senior Haryana Police officer Y Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself dead at his Chandigarh residence, police on Wednesday said they are conducting investigations to ascertain what drove him to take the extreme step.
The deceased officer’s wife, a senior bureaucrat, arrived here from Japan on Wednesday. “We are conducting in-depth investigations,” a Chandigarh Police officer said. Puran Kumar’s wife arrived here in the afternoon from Japan, where she had gone as part of an official delegation.
Amneet P Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and the commissioner and secretary of the Haryana Government’s Department of Foreign Cooperation, was in Japan as part of a delegation led by Chief Minister Nayab Saini. Y Puran Kumar (52), a 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was found dead in his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday. Some senior Haryana bureaucrats, including Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, met Amneet Kumar after she arrived here and offered their condolences.
“He was a very good officer. At this stage, I cannot say anything more and can only say that a colleague has left us,” Rastogi said. Meanwhile, sources said in his alleged eight-page typed and signed suicide note, Kumar spoke about various issues he faced during his career. A combination of various factors could have driven him to take the extreme step, they said.
The sources also said that the deceased mentioned being subjected to “mental harassment” by some officers. Senior Congress leader Geeta Bhukkal was among those who went to Amneet Kumar’s official residence in Sector 24 to offer her condolences. Puran Kumar had taken the extreme step in his Sector 11 house. “What has happened is unfortunate. He should get justice. The Government should conduct an in-depth probe. His wife is a senior IAS officer. An IPS officer committing suicide is very concerning. The state has lost an able officer who belonged to the Dalit community,” Bhukkal said.
She said Puran Kumar had dropped his wife at the airport and had also talked to her over the phone while she was in Japan. The post-mortem examination will be conducted by a board of doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 16.
The body has been kept in the hospital’s mortuary. Amneet Kumar went to the mortuary and was seen struggling to hold back her tears. Known for his interventions in matters related to the rights of officers, seniority and other issues, Puran Kumar was recently posted as the inspector general of the Police Training Centre (PTC) in Rohtak’s Sunaria.
His body with a gunshot wound was found in a room . Evidence, including the weapon the officer allegedly used to shoot himself, were seized, police said on Tuesday.