Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said the alleged suicide of a senior IPS officer in Haryana due to caste-based harassment has shocked the country.

Dalits and Bahujan communities are particularly agitated over the development, she said.

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In a post in Hindi on X, Mayawati said, “This extremely tragic and serious incident is particularly shameful for a civilised government and proves that despite numerous claims, the scourge of casteism persists, especially in governance and administration, and that governments are failing to curb it.

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