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Chandigarh: A day after the Chandigarh Police registered an FIR in connection with the alleged suicide of senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, his wife and Haryana-cadre IAS officer Amneet P Kumar has demanded immediate amendments to the document and more decisive legal action against the named officials.

In a letter addressed to Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur on Friday, Amneet said the FIR (No. 156, dated October 9) handed to her late Thursday night was “incomplete, unsigned, and diluted,” failing to reflect the contents of her original complaint.

She pointed out that the FIR **did not clearly name the key accused—Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia—**who, she said, were central to her husband’s harassment and subsequent death. “As per the prescribed FIR format, all accused should be listed under Column No. 7,” she wrote, urging that the case file be immediately amended “to reflect the names of all accused individuals accurately.”

Amneet also accused the police of watering down the charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, saying the provisions invoked were not commensurate with the severity of the offence. She demanded the inclusion of Section 3(2)(v) of the Act, which provides for stricter punishment when a crime is committed on the grounds of caste.

Raising fresh procedural concerns, Amneet said she had not yet been provided certified copies of her husband’s “Final Note” dated October 7, recovered from his pocket and electronic archive. “The failure to provide certified copies prevents verification of the exact version referenced in the FIR,” she noted, calling for the SSP’s direct intervention to ensure transparency.

Next steps in the case

With the FIR now registered under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the next course of action will likely include a review of the FIR contents, forensic authentication of the suicide note, and examination of the accused officers’ roles.

Legal experts say that if the FIR is amended as sought by the complainant, the Chandigarh Police may have to record supplementary statements and invoke stricter penal provisions, paving the way for a more comprehensive investigation.

Meanwhile, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has already taken suo motu cognisance of the case and issued notices to the Chandigarh Chief Secretary and DGP, seeking an action-taken report within seven days. The developments have amplified pressure on both the Haryana Police and the Chandigarh Administration, as the case—linking allegations of caste-based harassment, systemic bias, and administrative negligence—takes on wider social and political resonance.