IPS officer suicide: Selja slams state, calls for accountability

Congress MP from Sirsa Kumari Selja has strongly criticised the BJP state government over the suicide of senior IPS officer Y Pooran Kumar, demanding an answer for what she called a “system failure”.

Speaking to the media on Saturday, Selja questioned why Kumar’s repeated warnings were ignored.

“Why did this happen? Why were his concerns not taken seriously? The government stands in the dock and must answer before the nation,” she said.

Selja said the officer had been raising concerns about certain individuals for a long time, and those same people were named in his “final letter”.

“Instead of addressing his complaints, he was harassed and targeted repeatedly,” she said. “This is not just the loss of one honest officer. It’s a reflection of the system’s deep insensitivity.”

She expressed sympathy for Kumar’s family — his wife, senior IAS officer Amneet, and their children.

“What they are going through is unimaginable,” she said, adding that even after the family filed an FIR and sought security, justice seemed out of reach.

“Is the voice of a senior officer, or an ordinary citizen, meaningless now,” she questioned. Criticising the administration, Selja said it acted only after the family refused to perform the last rites.

“This is shameful. The government must answer why it failed to act on repeated warnings,” she said.

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