Back-to-back deaths of two officers expose deep malaise in the force

xIt is important that a thorough and impartial investigation takes place in order to bring out the truth behind the back-to-back suicide of two police officers in Haryana leaving behind notes blaming the system, even if the government and society must be able to introspect into their conduct as reflected in their two notes to understand and address the larger malaise.

Both the notes point to witch-hunting and wrongdoing by superiors and colleagues in the department. While Y. Puran Kumar, an IPS officer of the 1992 batch, alleged harassment based on caste by his superiors and colleagues in his note dated October 7, assistant sub-inspector Sandeep Kumar Lathar, who apparently shot himself a week later, accused his decease

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