Senior Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh home on Tuesday, officials said, suspecting that he committed suicide.<\/p>\n
The 2001 batch officer was the inspector general, Police Training Centre (PTC), in Sunaria, Rohtak.<\/p>\n
Kumar\u2019s wife Amneet P Kumar, an IAS officer and commissioner and secretary of the Department of Foreign Cooperation, Haryana government, is in Japan as part of a delegation led by Chief Minister Nayab Saini.<\/p>\n
Police rushed to the Kumars\u2019 home in upscale Sector 11 after receiving information about the incident around 1.30 pm. \u201cThe SHO, Sector 11, and his team inspected the scene. A reported suicide had taken place\u2026 The body was identified as that of Y Puran Kumar, IPS officer,\u201d Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwardeep Kaur told reporters.<\/p>\n
Asked if there was any suicide note, she said, \u201cA team of the CFSL (Central Forensic Science Laboratory) is inspecting the spot and investigations are on.\u201d Those present in the house at the time are being questioned, the SSP said.<\/p>\n
Kumar was earlier posted as Rohtak Range IG and had recently been transferred as IG, PTC, Sunaria. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senior Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh home on Tuesday, officials said, suspecting that he committed suicide. The 2001 batch officer was the inspector general, Police Training Centre (PTC), in Sunaria, Rohtak. Kumar\u2019s wife Amneet P Kumar, an IAS officer and commissioner and secretary of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n