Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who was found with a gunshot wound in his Chandigarh home on October 7, and offered his condolences.

Addressing reporters after meeting the family, Gandhi said there was systematic discrimination against Kumar to demoralise him and damage his career.

He said Puran Kumar’s death was not about the respect of one family but all Dalits, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to act immediately in the case.

The Congress leader criticised CM Saini for failing to act on his assurances. He said the Haryana CM has not fulfilled his commitment of a free and fair inquiry.

Gandhi's visit came amid stepped up attacks by the oppositio

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