The Haryana government on Sunday evening formally relieved Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur of his post, after he was named in a purported suicide note by Indian Police Service officer Y Puran Kumar, The Indian Express reported.
On October 7, Puran Kumar was found dead after he allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh’s Sector 11. The police said that he died by suicide.
In a “final note” recovered from the scene, Puran Kumar had named 11 serving and retired officers, including Kapur and Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya, accusing them of caste-based discrimination.
The state government sent Kapur on leave for two months on October 14, while Birjaniya was replaced as the Rohtak superintendent of police on Saturday.
Indian Police Service officer OP Singh, who was given the additional charge as the chief of the state police during Kapur’s absence, has been appointed as the officiating director general of police till further orders, The Indian Express reported.
He will continue to retain his responsibilities as the chief of the Haryana narcotics control bureau and the director of the forensic science laboratory in Madhuban.
Singh is due to retire on December 31, and thus it is likely that the state government will send a list of senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission to appoint a new chief of the state’s police force, PTI reported.
Kapur has been posted as the chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation.
The new orders for both officers came on Sunday, the day that Kapur’s two-month leave ended.
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