Haryana: Another police officer dies reportedly by suicide days after IPS officer’s death

Another police officer died reportedly by suicide in Haryana’s Rohtak on Tuesday after levelling allegations of corruption against Indian Police Service officer Y Puran Kumar, who was also said to have killed himself on October 7, The Indian Express reported.

Sandeep Kumar, an assistant sub-inspector posted in the cyber cell, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his maternal uncle’s home in Rohtak’s Ladhot road. “Prima facie, it is learnt that he has died by suicide,” an unidentified police officer told the newspaper. “We are investigating the matter.”

On October 7, Puran Kumar was also found dead after he allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh’s Sector 11. The police had said that he died by suicide.

In a “final note” recovered from the scene, Puran Kumar had named 11 serving and retired officers, including Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya, accusing them of caste-based discrimination.

The state government sent Kapur on leave on Monday, while Birjaniya was replaced as the Rohtak superintendent of police on Saturday.

Puran Kumar’s post-mortem examination has not yet been conducted as his family has refused to allow it until Kapur and Bijarniya are arrested.

On Tuesday, the body of Sandeep Kumar, who belongs to the Jat community, was found in a tubewell room, with his service weapon and a suicide...

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