Lok Sabha Leader of Oppostion Rahul Gandhi has blamed Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for failing to deliver "justice" to the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. A 2001-batch IPS officer and Additional Director General of Police, Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh home on October 7. Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family and said: "Haryana CM assured the family that justice would be done, but three days have passed with no action. Y Puran Kumar has two daughters who have lost their father and are under immense pressure." VIDEO | Chandigarh: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi meets the family members of Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar.#Chandigarh #HaryanaIPS (Source - Third party) (Full video available on PTI Videos – ) pic.twitter.com/J3l6aN7I8j — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 14, 2025 He said the delay in the Haryana government's action sent a wrong message to crores of Dalits. "It is a tragedy. He was an IPS officer. It sends a wrong message to crores of Dalits that no matter how successful or intelligent you are, you can be suppressed. My message as the LoP to the PM and Haryana CM is 'fulfil the commitment given to the daughters, allow the funeral, end this drama, and act against the officers exerting pressure on the family'." VIDEO | Chandigarh: After meeting the family of Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, “It is a tragedy. He was an IPS officer. Haryana CM assured the family that justice would be done, but three days have passed with… pic.twitter.com/PpsBZjlPhD — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 14, 2025 Chandigarh Police constitutes SIT, DGP sent on leave The Chandigarh Police last week set up a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into an FIR registered after taking cognisance of a "final note" left behind by Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who purportedly died by suicide. Meanwhile, on Monday, the Haryana government sent Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur on leave, days after transferring Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya. The move came as pressure mounted over the Y Puran Kumar suicide case.
