Dramatic twist: In ASI suicide case, FIR names IPS officer's wife

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ISTShareAA+Text SizeSmallMediumLargeRohtak police registered an FIR for abetment to suicide and criminal conspiracy against four individuals, including the wife and brother-in-law of deceased IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following ASI Sandeep Kumar Lather’s suicide. Lather accused Kumar of corruption in

a final video before his death. The FIR was lodged after Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini assured justice to Lather’s family. ASI Sandeep, Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: In another dramatic twist in IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s

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suicide, Rohtak police on Wednesday registered an FIR of abetment to suicide and criminal conspiracy, naming all those mentioned in the final video of ASI Sandeep Kumar Lather, who allegedly shot himself on Tuesday after accusing Puran Kumar of corruption.The

FIR (number 305) was registered at Sadar police station in Rohtak a few hours after Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini visited Sandeep’s family in Ladhot village on Wednesday morning and promised justice.Haryana Cop Dies By Suicide, Accuses Slain ADGP Of

Corruption In Final VideoThe FIR had not been made public at the time of filing this report, but as per highly placed sources, four persons are named in it — including the deceased IPS officer’s wife Amneet P Kumar, an

IAS officer of 2001 batch, her brother Amit Rattan, who is an AAP MLA in Punjab, and head constable Sushil Kumar, who was Puran Kumar’s PSO and is now in jail remand in a corruption case.Read also: IPS officer 'suicide':

Did extortion FIR filed a day before drive Y Puran Kumar to end his life? Liquor trader's complaint reveals bribe scandalThe FIR was registered under BNS sections 108 (abetment to suicide) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) on a complaint submitted by

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Sandeep’s wife Santosh. TOI contacted Amit Rattan but was yet to get any response till midnight.FIR was read to family; ASI’s postmortem todaySources say Virendra Badkhalsa, OSD to Haryana CM, informed Sandeep’s family about registration of FIR on Wednesday evening.

Moreover, TOI has spoken with two of the negotiators who were present when the contents of the FIR were read out to the family. Only then did Sandeep’s family agree to an autopsy. Around the same time, Puran Kumar’s body

was being cremated in Chandigarh, 230km away, after eight days of stalemate.Sandeep’s body, which was so far kept in a hired freezer by the family, was taken to PGIMS Rohtak at night. Cremation will follow postmortem on Thursday morning, reported

sources in the family.Sandeep was part of the team that was investigating the case allegedly involving Puran Kumar, and was also involved in the arrest of Puran Kumar’s former PSO on Oct 5.It was this FIR, registered on Oct 6,

that’s alleged to be the trigger for Puran Kumar’s suicide as Sushil was alleged to have given a statement that he was demanding money on behalf of Puran Kumar, who was then Rohtak IG.Haryana govt found itself battling on two

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fronts. Amneet and other members of the family had refused to allow autopsy until action was taken against DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and then Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, who were among those named by Puran Kumar in his suicide note. Bijarniya

was transferred on Oct 10 and Kapur was sent on leave on Monday midnight.Less than 12 hours after Kapur was sent on leave, Sandeep shot himself after releasing a final video in which he called Kapur honest and accused Puran

Kumar of corruption. Meanwhile, In the video, he reported Puran Kumar’s suicide was due to “humiliation from corruption charges” and had “nothing to do with caste issues”.Sandeep’s family took away his body, kept it in a freezer in Ladhot, and

refused to allow autopsy or cremation until an FIR was registered against all those he had named in the video and his four-page suicide note.The Haryana CM, accompanied by ministers Krishan Lal Panwar and Mahipal Singh Dhanda, rushed to the

village on the outskirts of Rohtak on Wednesday morning to console the family. Sandeep’s sisters tearfully asked Saini what was their brother’s fault, and pleaded for justice, reported a source. The CM assured the grieving family that appropriate action would

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be taken, and justice would be delivered.Apart from the FIR, the family wanted a job for a relative and financial assistance, to which govt agreed.About the AuthorAjay SuraAjay Sura is Senior Assistant Editor with The Times of India Chandigarh. He

covers news concerning the State of Haryana, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Defence & Military Affairs. He likes to analyse political developments and decoding judicial pronouncements. His hobbies include travelling, mountaineering and trekking.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social

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