Taking suo motu cognizance of The Indian Express report that Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar had alleged caste bias in a note before he died by suicide earlier this week, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has asked the Chief Secretary of Haryana to submit action taken report on the allegations within seven days of receipt of the notice. The notice stated, “Whereas Suo Motu Cognizance has been taken by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes on a news article that appeared in The Indian Express dated 09/10/2025, captioned 'IPS officer alleges caste bias in ‘suicide note’, names top officers',. the Commission has decided to investigate/inquire into the matter in pursuance of the powers conferred upon it under Article 338 of the Constitution of India.” The letter stated that if the Chief Secretary fails to submit the report on time, the commission could summon them or their representatives. According to the Commission's letter, the ATR (action taken report) should include details such as date of incident and details of thana and nature of the crime, name and address of the victim, names of all the accused, details of FIRs registered and sections, number of the accused arrested, number and date of the chargesheet or final report, and details of compensation given to the victim and date on which this was given, as per SC/ST PoA (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Rules, by the district magistrate. Alleging “caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, targeted mental harassment and atrocities”, Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, 52, who was found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence in Chandigarh on Tuesday, had named nine serving IPS officers of the Haryana Police, a retired IPS officer, and three retired IAS officers in a purported “suicide note”. Meanwhile, Y Puran Kumar's wife, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, who was in Japan on an official trip, returned on Wednesday and filed a police complaint seeking an FIR against Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya, alleging a “well-planned conspiracy” to implicate the IPS officer in a “frivolous and mischievous complaint by fabricating false evidence”. Both Kapur and Bijarniya did not respond to calls and text messages seeking their response on the issue. In an eight-page “final note”, titled “Continued blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities by concerned senior officers of Haryana since August 2020 which is now unbearable”, Y Puran Kumar, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste, recounted incidents of alleged “mental and administrative torture”. He alleged that he was hounded for visiting a temple, refused sanction for leave due to which he could not meet his father before his death, sent to “non-existent posts”, and faced “false and malicious proceedings”. The 2001-batch IPS officer, who was posted as Inspector General, Police Training Centre, Sunaria-Rohtak, has claimed that since September 25, he filed various complaints and requests, seeking “equity of treatment as an IPS officer” – on issues like application of service rules for places of worship, “timely sanction of earned leave”, allocation of official vehicle as per entitlement, official accommodation as per standing orders, and application of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines and rules for promotion and cadre management of IPS officers. But all his representations and complaints were “ignored” and “used vindictively and in a revengeful… and mala fide manner,” he alleged in the note.
