Resignation of DGP Shatrujeet Kapur Following Haryana IPS Officer’s Tragic Loss of life

Two months after being despatched on depart amid an issue over IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar’s dying, the Haryana authorities has relieved IPS Shatrujeet Kapur from the cost of Director Common of Police.

O.P. Singh, who was given the extra cost as State police chief throughout Mr. Kapur’s absence, has been appointed as officiating DGP until additional orders.

The Haryana authorities is more likely to ship a panel of senior IPS officers’ names to the Union Public Service Fee to nominate a brand new State police chief, as Mr. Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer, is because of retire on December 31.

Mr. Kapur, a 1990-batch IPS officer, will proceed to carry the cost of chairman of Haryana Police Housing Company, Panchkula, in accordance with an official order. An engineering graduate, Mr. Kapur was appointed the State police chief in August 2023.

On October 14, Mr. Kapur went on depart amid mounting criticism from opposition events over IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar’s dying. Mr. Singh was then given the extra cost of DGP.

Mr. Kumar (52), a 2001-batch IPS officer, was discovered useless on October 7.

In an eight-page notice purportedly left behind by him, Kumar accused a number of senior officers, together with Shatrujeet Kapur, of “blatant caste-based discrimination, focused psychological harassment, public humiliation and atrocities”.

Amid stress from the political events, the Haryana authorities first shunted out Rohtak Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarniya and later despatched Shatrujeet Kapur on depart.

Kumar’s spouse, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, gave consent for autopsy every week after the dying after receiving assurance from Chandigarh Police {that a} honest probe could be carried out and a dedication from the Haryana authorities that motion could be taken in opposition to any “erring” officers.