Retired bureaucrats from Dalit community say IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s experiences weren’t different from their own, whether it's untouchability, slurs, or humiliation over quota.
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The suicide of Y Puran Kumar is quite puzzling. I find it difficult to believe that an IPS officer, married to an IAS officer, and who is the brother-in-law of an MLA would be so afraid of a false case that he would take his own life. This needs to be thoroughly investigated. As for the other gentleman, Sandeep Lathar, what was the point of his suicide? Only God knows.
The suicide of Y Puran Kumar is quite puzzling. I find it difficult to believe that an IPS officer, married to an IAS officer, and who is the brother-in-law of an MLA would be so afraid of a false case that he would take his own life. This needs to be thoroughly investigated. As for the other gentleman, Sandeep Lathar, what was the point of his suicide? Only God knows.