IPS officer suicide: Wife demands immediate FIR, arrest of ‘accused’, refuses consent for autopsy till DGP, Rohtak SP booked

As per an official statement, Saini conveyed his condolences and assured Amneet of appropriate action.

Amneet is the commissioner and secretary of the Haryana government’s Department of Foreign Cooperation and was in Japan as part of the delegation led by Saini. She returned to India on Wednesday on getting the news of her husband’s death.

After CM reached his own official residence, DGP Kapur met Saini and, sources privy to the development said, narrated the sequence of events. Neither Saini nor Kapur spoke with the media. Saini also cancelled his scheduled press conference.

Highly placed sources told The Indian Express that Chandigarh Police’s top brass were in touch with the senior officials at Union Home Ministry and were contemplating initiating legal action on Amneet’s formal complaint and the purported suicide note recovered from Kumar’s residence. “It is a sensitive matter involving lots of aspects that need to be looked into. Investigation is going on,” a senior Chandigarh Police officer said.

In the four-page representation that Amneet handed over to Saini, she demanded, “Immediate registration of FIR against all the individuals named in the suicide note and the accompanying complaint (lodged by her Wednesday); immediate suspension and arrest of all accused persons to prevent interference, tampering of evidence, or influence over the investigation; and provision of permanent security cover for her family, especially two daughters, who are under serious threat and mental distress; and protection of the family’s rights and dignity as we continue to face harassment and fear from those responsible”.

“It is most distressing that, despite the existence of a clear and detailed suicide note and a formal complaint, no FIR has been registered till date. The suicide note explicitly names the individuals responsible for creating an atmosphere of harassment, humiliation and mental torture, which directly led to this tragic act. This note constitutes a dying declaration and must be treated as crucial evidence demanding immediate legal action,” she said in the representation .

She further questioned “lack of action by Chandigarh Police” despite the lapse of more than 48 hours.

“The reason for no action being taken is that the powerful, high-ranking officials of Haryana Police and Administration are accused in the case, and they are influencing the Chandigarh Police. There is serious apprehension in my mind that after this complaint, these high-ranking, powerful officials will try to malign me and my family and will also try to implicate me departmentally or otherwise,” Amneet further said in the representation.

She further added that her husband was an “exceptional officer” and a “prominent representative and pillar of strength for the Scheduled Caste community”. “He stood as a source of inspiration and guidance for countless individuals from marginalised sections of society. His life and service gave hope and pride to millions who saw in him a symbol of empowerment and justice. His tragic death has, therefore, caused deep sorrow and outrage, particularly among the SC community, whose faith in equality and justice has been gravely shaken,” read the representation, adding Kumar was a recipient of the President’s Medal for Meritorious Service and “throughout his illustrious career, he was a symbol of honesty, discipline and fearless commitment to duty”.

Kumar, she said, was a man of honour and service, “and the silence of the system only deepens the pain of his family and the community that looked up to him” She said immediate intervention by CM and “firm action will restore confidence in governance and assure the citizens that justice is not delayed nor denied”.

Kumar, 52, a 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was found with a gunshot wound at his Sector 11 house on Tuesday. In a “final note” recovered from the room, Kumar named nine serving IPS officers of the Haryana Police, a retired IPS officer, and three retired IAS officers, and has alleged “caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, targeted mental harassment and atrocities”.

In police complaint Wednesday, Amneet said that her husband’s death was the result of “systematic persecution” by high-ranking officers. She said an FIR should be filed against DGP Kapur and Rohtrak SP Bijarniya under section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (abetment of suicide) and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, alleging a “well-planned conspiracy” to implicate Kumar in a “frivolous and mischievous complaint by fabricating false evidence”.

Kumar was posted as Inspector General, Police Training Centre, Sunaria-Rohtak, on September 25.

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