Haryana IPS officer suicide: No culprit must be spared, Chirag writes to Saini

The Congress party, meanwhile, claimed that crimes against Dalits and other weaker sections are on the rise under the BJP government

New Delhi | Updated: October 11, 2025 04:21 AM IST

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(L) The 2001-batch IPS officer Puran Kumar, hailed from Andhra Pradesh; (R) Police outside his Sector-11 residence in Chandigarh (Express Photo)

BJP ally and LJP (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan Friday demanded a time-bound and impartial probe into the death of Dalit IPS officer Y Puran Kumar and said that no one, irrespective of their position or influence, should be spared. He also spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the matter.

In a letter to Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, he said the death of the officer signals continued “caste oppression” in the administrative system. It is spread in the system like poison, the minister wrote. The Dalit leader also spoke to Saini and called up the officer’s wife to offer condolences.

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The Congress party, meanwhile, claimed that crimes against Dalits and other weaker sections are on the rise under the BJP government.

Citing the latest NCRB report, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said between 2013 and 2023, there was a 46% increase in crimes against Dalits and that crimes against Adivasis rose by 91% during the period, while former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said Kumar’s suicide is a symbol of that deepening social poison which is crushing humanity in the name of caste.

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