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XChandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide. After landing at the airport here, Gandhi reached Kumar's residence at 11:08 am to offer his condolences. Gandhi's visit came amid stepped up attack by the opposition on the Haryana government over Kumar's alleged suicide. A 2001-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Kumar allegedly shot himself dead on October 7. In an eight-page final note purportedly left behind by Kumar, the 52-year-old accused eight senior IPS officers, including Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, of "blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities."

The IPS officer's wife -

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