The North News
Chandigarh, October 8
In a shocking revelation, the state’s administrative and police establishment has been shaken by a suicide note left by ADGP Y. Puran Kumar, who was found dead at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday evening. The detailed typed note, recovered from the scene, names several senior police and IAS officers, accusing them of caste-based discrimination, public humiliation, and sustained mental harassment that, he alleged, drove him to take his own life.
The note, running over multiple pages and titled “Final Note”, also included a signed “Declaration/Will”. The North News has reviewed copies of both documents, which Chandigarh Police have since taken into custody for forensic examination.
Senior police and administrative officials named in the note have not yet responded to the allegations. Their names are being withheld until official reactions are received.
The Final Note, dated 7 October 2025, paints a grim picture of alleged institutional bias and bureaucratic neglect. The officer wrote that he faced “continued blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment and atrocities” from within the Haryana Police establishment since 2020, when he was posted in Ambala.
He accused senior colleagues of systematically denying him professional entitlements — including accommodation, official transport, and timely sanction of leave — while selectively enforcing rules against him. In one instance, he wrote that delayed approval of his earned leave had prevented him from visiting his dying father, calling it an “irreparable loss”. “These acts caused immense pain and mental harassment,” the note states, adding that his repeated written appeals to the state’s top administrative and police authorities were ignored or used “vindictively” against him.
In the concluding portion of the note, the officer wrote that the sustained discrimination and humiliation had left him with no option but to end his life. “Now, this continued discrimination by not giving me my arrears, posting on non-existent posts, not finalising my representations… and leaking information in the media to humiliate and insult me in public view have compelled me to take this extreme step as I cannot bear this any longer,” he wrote.
He alleged that certain senior officers “emboldened” subordinates to malign his name by not acting on his complaints. Despite multiple letters sent to the Home Department, he said, “no action has been taken till date on any of the issues.”
The note describes how confidential internal communications, including his Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) and disciplinary representations, were allegedly mishandled and leaked to local media before any decision was finalised.
“The additional comments submitted by me and put up were published in the media before the matter was even finalised, which has definitely damaged my reputation and humiliated me in public view,” he wrote.
The officer also referred to an earlier meeting with a senior retired IAS officer, who, he claimed, had assured him that the matter would be re-examined — but no action followed. Attached to the suicide note was a one-page declaration of will, in which the ADGP formally bequeathed all his assets to his wife.
“I hereby declare in my full consciousness and free will that after me, my wife… will be the owner of all moveable and immoveable assets in my name,” he stated, listing properties in Chandigarh, Mohali, and Gurugram. The document was signed and dated, with his name and home address in Sector 32A, Chandigarh.
The Chandigarh Police have initiated an in-depth probe into the incident. The documents recovered from the residence — including the note, official memos referenced within, and the will — are being examined for authenticity and corroboration.
The officers have confirmed that the handwriting and digital files will undergo forensic verification. “The investigation is at an early stage. All official communications mentioned in the note will be cross-verified with state records,” a senior police officer said.
The sources told The North News that the ADGP made several attempts to contact his wife — a senior IAS officer, Anmeet P. Kumar, currently serving as Commissioner and Secretary in Haryana’s Department of Foreign Cooperation — just hours before taking his life. According to police sources, the officer made around 15 calls to his wife within a span of two and a half hours on Tuesday, October 7. However, the calls reportedly went unanswered, as she was in Japan at the time, accompanying Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on an official delegation. She returned to Chandigarh from Japan late on Wednesday.
Anmeet P. Kumar has lodged a formal complaint accusing Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police (SP) Narendra Bijarniya of abetting her husband’s suicide.
The allegations levelled in the note refer to multiple senior police and IAS officers currently in service or recently retired. The North News is withholding their names until official responses are received from both the Haryana Government and the police department.
