Key accused IPS officers' names omitted? Wife of Haryana IGP who died by suicide alleges FIR dilution

A day after the Chandigarh Police registered an FIR in connection with the alleged suicide by senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, his wife and IAS officer Amneet P Kumar on Friday wrote to the Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police demanding immediate amendments to the document.

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In her letter dated October 10, Amneet stated that the copy of FIR No. 156, dated October 9 and handed over to her at her Sector 24-A residence at 10.22 pm by the Chandigarh SSP, Kanwardeep Kaur, was “incomplete and unsigned, and failed to name the key accused persons mentioned in her original complaint”.

She pointed out that the names of the accused—Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia — had not been “clearly mentioned” in the FIR, even though they were central to her complaint and the “trigger point” behind her husband’s death. “As per the prescribed FIR format, all accused should be clearly listed under Column No. 7,” she wrote, urging that the FIR be amended to “accurately reflect the names of all accused individuals”.

Amneet further alleged that the sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act mentioned in the FIR were “diluted” and not in accordance with the gravity of the offence. She demanded that the relevant and stringent provision—Section 3(2)(v) — be added to ensure “correct legal provisions are applied”.

The letter also raised concern over the non-receipt of the ‘Final Note’ dated October 7, 2025, which was recovered from the pocket of the deceased officer and another copy from his archive. She said she had not received certified copies of either note, preventing her from verifying the version referenced in the FIR.

Seeking the SSP’s intervention, she requested immediate correction and amendment of the FIR and the supply of certified copies of the “Final Note” for record and verification.

The FIR was lodged nearly 24 hours after the incident, following strong objections from the bereaved family, who had earlier refused to conduct the postmortem or perform last rites until the FIR was formally registered.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Chirag Paswan has written a letter to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini regarding investigations into Y. Puran Kumar’s suicide case.