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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicChandigarh Police

Topic: Chandigarh Police

8 days after ‘suicide’, Haryana IPS officer’s family consents to post-mortem, ending stalemate with govt

Y Puran Kumar’s IAS wife Amneet said she agreed to the process after assurances of fair probe by Chandigarh Police & Haryana govt. Funeral likely to follow post-mortem Wednesday.

IPS officer Puran Kumar’s ‘suicide’: Haryana DGP sent on leave; no decision on postmortem yet

Kumar’s family has been demanding the arrest of DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and the now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya.

IPS officer suicide: Police issues notice to Puran Kumar’s wife Amneet Kumar for laptop

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Police has issued a notice to IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, the wife of late IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, seeking...

6 days after Haryana IPS officer’s ‘suicide’, body still in mortuary. Family seeks accused DGP’s arrest

Family has rejected govt’s offer to send DGP Kapur, who the officer accused of harassing him, on short leave. They want his & now-transferred Rohtak SP Bijarniya’s arrest. 

Chandigarh Police amend FIR in IPS officer ‘suicide’ case, invoke SC/ST Act section carrying life term

IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s IAS wife Amneet P Kumar had given representation to Chandigarh SSP, flagging 2 ‘irregularities’ in FIR, including a milder SC/ST Act section.

Chandigarh cops shielding Haryana DGP, Rohtak SP? IPS Puran Kumar’s IAS wife flags ‘incomplete FIR’

Chandigarh police Thursday registered FIR on complaint by IAS officer Amneet Kumar in connection with husband Puran Kumar’s death. IPS officer was found dead at Chandigarh residence on 7 Oct.

Colonel assault: 3 months ago, Chandigarh SIT was handed case for fair probe; now accused cops ‘untraceable’

After giving the SIT an earful for no real progress in investigation, Punjab & Haryana High Court handed over the case to CBI Wednesday, saying it cannot be a ‘moot spectator’.

‘SIT making craters in probe’—HC’s earful to Chandigarh Police in Colonel Bath assault case

Handing over the case to CBI Wednesday, the high court pulled up the police for no real progress in the investigation, adding that the court cannot be a ‘moot spectator’.

HC asks Chandigarh DGP to frame guidelines on police posting videos taken during duty. What it said

Punjab & Haryana HC ruling follows a plea by lawyer Prakash Singh Marwah, who said a video of an incident involving him shared on social media violated his rights to privacy and dignity.

Punjab & Haryana High Court receives bomb threat, premises evacuated

All matters and work at the high court has been suspended till 2 pm while the local police conduct a thorough investigation and search of the area.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.