A shocking case has come to light after Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, aged 52, allegedly died by suicide on October 7, 2025. Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer, left behind a detailed “final note” running into several pages. In the note, he accused a number of senior IPS and IAS officers of caste-based discrimination, targeted harassment, and public humiliation that he claimed had been continuing since 2020. The note also mentioned that only one senior bureaucrat, Rajesh Khullar, Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, listened to him and took action when others ignored his repeated complaints.
The Chandigarh Police registered an FIR on Thursday night after examining the suicide note, which detailed the events that led the officer to take this extreme step. Officials confirmed that the FIR was filed under relevant sections after taking cognizance of the written note, which outlines alleged administrative bias and injustice.
In his 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,” Kumar described in detail how he felt isolated and unfairly treated within the police department. He wrote that despite several representations and complaints made to higher authorities over the years, no one took his issues seriously or acted on his requests for fair treatment.
The note mentioned that his troubles began in 2020, during the tenure of the then Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava, after an incident at a temple located on police premises in Ambala. Kumar alleged that this incident marked the beginning of continuous harassment, which continued under successive senior officers even after Yadava’s term ended.
He claimed that every time he raised his voice against the alleged injustice or asked for fair inquiry, his complaints were either ignored or used vindictively against him. He accused several senior officials — including two former DGPs, a former Chief Secretary, and a former Additional Chief Secretary (Home) — of being part of a long pattern of caste-based bias. Kumar wrote that the harassment had reached a point where it became “unbearable.”
The IPS officer said that his repeated efforts to get his grievances addressed through official channels were met with silence. His note expressed deep disappointment over what he described as a systematic attempt to humiliate and break him mentally.
While the note contained strong criticism of several senior bureaucrats and police officials, it also praised Rajesh Khullar, the Chief Principal Secretary (CPS) to the Haryana Chief Minister, for his fairness and empathy. Kumar wrote that Khullar was the only officer who listened to him patiently, examined his documents carefully, and took steps to stop unjust proceedings against him.
“I had even met Rajesh Khullar on 15.11.2024 in his camp office to request him to kindly intervene and put an end to this continued caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation, and atrocities being committed against me,” Kumar wrote in his suicide note.
He added that Khullar reviewed the evidence he provided and agreed that some actions taken against him appeared unfair. Later, when Kumar discovered from a media article on 26 December 2024 that disciplinary proceedings were still being considered, he met Khullar again on 27 December 2024.
According to the note, Khullar then checked the relevant documents himself and found that the proceedings were being moved “in a routine manner” and were contrary to his earlier understanding. The suicide note states that Khullar immediately dictated a note to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to keep the proceedings in abeyance and re-examine the matter in light of the new information provided by Kumar. He even set a deadline of 10 January 2025 for a fresh review.
However, Kumar expressed frustration that despite Khullar’s intervention, confidential details about the case, which were meant to remain between the ACS (Home) and the DGP’s office, were leaked to the media. He alleged that this leak was intentional and designed to publicly humiliate him. “The concerned officers in DGP office conspired to leak the matter to humiliate, harass and insult me,” he wrote. He called this leak one more example of the continued campaign of bias and harassment against him.
The note mentioned that Khullar’s written direction to stop the unfair proceedings was documentary proof of his innocence and that the details could be verified from the official records.
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The Chandigarh Police said they have registered a case after examining Kumar’s final note and have begun an investigation into his allegations. Officials stated that they will verify the authenticity of the statements, the people named, and the sequence of events described in the letter.
The death of the senior IPS officer has raised serious questions about institutional accountability and the mental health support available to police officers facing workplace stress and discrimination. Sources said that the Haryana government has also sought a detailed report on the issue.
Police officials have collected the suicide note and other relevant materials as evidence. The note, which runs several pages long, reportedly describes incidents of alleged humiliation at official events, denial of fair postings, and targeted reporting to higher authorities to damage his professional image.
The tragic death of Inspector General (IG)-rank officer Y. Puran Kumar has shocked the administrative and police circles in Haryana. Several officers who had worked with him in the past described him as a dedicated and disciplined officer who maintained high professional standards.
As investigations continue, authorities are expected to examine whether internal mechanisms for addressing complaints of discrimination were properly followed in Kumar’s case. The focus of the probe will also be on whether the alleged leaks to the media and the disciplinary actions mentioned in his note were part of a larger pattern of bias or individual misconduct.
Officials said that all aspects of the case, including the circumstances leading up to his death and the content of his note, will be investigated thoroughly.
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