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In a late-night growth, Haryana Director-Basic of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur was despatched on prolonged depart after his identify surfaced in a suicide word allegedly written by senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, was discovered lifeless at his Chandigarh residence final week.
The 52-year-old Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer posted as Inspector Basic on the Police Coaching Centre in Rohtak’s Sunaria, allegedly shot himself lifeless at his Sector 11 residence on October 7.
Investigators stated an eight-page suicide word recovered from the spot names eight senior IPS officers, together with DGP Kapur and former Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, accusing them of harassment and maligning his picture.
“They ruined my profession and peace of thoughts. The system failed me,” Kumar wrote within the word, in response to sources conversant in the probe.
Kumar additionally alleged situations of caste-based discrimination {and professional} isolation in his closing message.
Following the revelation, Bijarniya was transferred from Rohtak on Saturday, whereas the state authorities moved Kapur on depart pending additional inquiry.
Shatrujeet Kapur took cost as Haryana’s prime cop on August 16, 2023, steering the power by way of law-and-order challenges and pushing administrative reforms. He has additionally beforehand served as Director Basic of the state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), tackling corruption and high-profile circumstances in Haryana.
An alumnus of NIT Kurukshetra (1983-88 batch), Kapur has served in a number of key positions inside Haryana and on the nationwide and worldwide stage. Kapur has additionally labored with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), dealing with delicate investigations and contributing to high-profile circumstances on the nationwide stage.
PROBE INTO ALLEGED HARASSMENT AND BRIBERY LINK
Kumar had reportedly been underneath stress over a bribery case involving an area head constable accused of demanding Rs 2.5 lakh from a liquor contractor in Kumar’s identify. The constable, now in judicial custody, was arrested lately after the contractor’s grievance.
Kumar’s spouse has since sought motion in opposition to all officers named in her husband’s word, alleging their function in abetting his suicide.
CABINET MINISTERS MEET VICTIM’S FAMILY
Haryana’s Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Krishan Kumar Bedi stated on Sunday that the federal government was working to make sure “no injustice was performed” to the officer’s household.
“His household has been assured that your entire Cupboard stands by it. We’ve already transferred the Rohtak SP on the occasion of the household. An in depth probe is underway,” Bedi informed reporters after a Cupboard assembly in Chandigarh.
He added that Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi and Chief Principal Secretary to the CM Rajesh Khullar had met Kumar’s household to deal with their issues.
“The federal government is engaged in resolving all of their points,” Bedi stated.
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